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‘We just make it work’: Strained air traffic culture at Reagan National Airport exposed by NTSB crash inquiry
Federal investigators investigating the deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport described a ...
FAA To Revise Helicopter Routes Near Reagan National Following January Mid-Air Crash
The FAA plans more changes to helicopter routes near Reagan Airport to improve safety, after fatal mid-air collision in ...
Key Takeaways From Reagan National Crash Probe: Faulty Altitude Data, Missed Warnings
Transportation safety officials’ hearing reveals new details into what led to the January accident that killed 67 people.
Forget Dulles & Reagan: Fly To Washington DC’s Most Underrated Airport Instead
Baltimore/Washington International Airport has made strides in recent years to become a more prominent airport in the ...
NTSB opens hearings on deadly Washington collision between a helicopter and passenger plane
The crash involved an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in January, ...
NTSB questions controller's failure to alert jet before January crash in Washington, DC
The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday questioned the failure of an air traffic controller to issue a warning about a potential collision in the moments before a crash between an Army ...
FAA & ATC Under Scrutiny After Reagan Airport Midair Collision
Investigators probe FAA's awareness of risks at DCA and controller decision-making after fatal helicopter-jet crash near ...
The Biggest Unanswered Questions About the Reagan Airport Crash
Six months after a midair collision killed 67 people outside Washington, transportation safety officials will hear testimony ...
‘Least safe it has ever been,’ witness says of Reagan airspace at NTSB hearing
A witness criticized the safety of the airspace around Ronald Reagan National Airport since a mid-air crash in January, as ...
Military chopper traffic over Washington was a worry leading up to fatal midair crash, NTSB hears
It is the second of three days of witness testimony and public inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board into ...
US probes air traffic staffing, flight volume at DC airport in crash investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board is probing air traffic control staffing, flight volume, training and other ...
Some air traffic controllers wanted to close a helicopter route near Washington’s airport. It was abandoned as ‘too political.’
An ad hoc working group that involved air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport recommended shuttering the helicopter route used the night of a deadly midair collision ...