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A timeline of last month’s air disaster in Washington, the deadliest in the US since 2001
More than two weeks after a helicopter and airplane collision over Washington killed 67 people, investigators have completed ...
Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
Investigators say the crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet might not have heard key air ...
Black Hawk pilots may have missed air traffic directive, flown on ‘bad’ altitude data before crash
The Black Hawk pilots who collided with an American Airlines plane last month may not have heard vital information given by ...
Helicopter Crew May Not Have Heard Air-Traffic Instruction before Collision
The National Transportation Safety Board is also studying whether the pilots of the Black Hawk in last month’s collision were ...
LancasterOnline5dOpinion
In the wake of Potomac air crash, a local aviation expert offers insight into the air traffic controller profession [column]
I was a Federal Aviation Administration employee for 38 years, working as an air traffic controller at facilities in ...
From Blackhawks to time-sensitive, life-saving missions, central Pennsylvania lessons from last week’s crashes
Col. Timothy Zerbe, the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s state aviation officer, understands why he’s getting a lot more ...
Penn Live10d
Remains of most victims of midair collision have been recovered and identified
Data in the control tower ... people but the airport typically combines them at 9:30 p.m., as traffic slows. On Wednesday, ...
Former Northeast Philadelphia Airport tower controller weighs in on deadly Philly crash
In Lancaster County, a former air traffic controller is reacting to Friday’s deadly plane crash in a Philadelphia ...
Officials say remains of 55 of 67 victims of midair collision have been recovered, identified
Portions of the two aircraft that collided over the Potomac River on Wednesday night — an American Airlines jet with 64 ...
The Washington Post13d
National Airport has long struggled to manage helicopter traffic, records show
which presents a challenge during heavy air traffic. Among other staffers, two people were handling the jobs of four people inside the airport’s control tower at the time of the crash ...
KXTV14d
Control tower closure at Sacramento Executive Airport averted — for now
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento Executive Airport is facing uncertainty in the staffing of its air traffic control tower. Sacramento County owns the airport and land it sits on, but the Federal ...
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Former air traffic controller says staffing has long been a problem
Ronald Reagan National Airport has 25 fully certified air traffic controllers and three more in training. Investigators haven't determined whether staffing played a factor in the collision in ...