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NTSB probes collision avoidance technology, safety systems in final day of midair collision investigative hearings

The National Transportation Safety Board questioned witnesses Friday on collision avoidance technology and organizational ...

Night vision goggles may have hampered helicopter pilots before crash with jet, experts tell NTSB

Aviation experts told the National Transportation Safety Board that night vision goggles may have created viewing ...
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Final day of NTSB hearing on DC midair collision: investigators press for answers on tech that could have prevented crash

The National Transportation Safety Board questioned witnesses Friday on collision avoidance technology and organizational safety systems to manage risk. It is the third and final day of investigative ...

Army knew of Black Hawk altitude errors years before DCA crash, NTSB finds

Federal investigators revealed Wednesday that the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly DCA crash may have misreported ...

Black Hawk helicopter pilots unaware of collision course with plane in DC, NTSB says

On day 1 of the NTSB’s hearings on the deadly crash, investigators revealed the helicopter pilots were likely unaware of how ...

Final Conversation Revealed Between Black Hawk Pilot and Her Instructor Before They Collided with Passenger Jet

New details have been released about the seconds before an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet in January ...

NTSB hearing live updates: Black Hawk devices gave crew wrong altitude data before D.C. plane crash

The National Transportation Safety Board began three days of hearings Wednesday into January’s deadly midair collision near Washington’s Reagan National Airport, and experts have already highlighted ...