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She 'was a real person': Mom of crash victim speaks out as FAA faces scrutiny
As hearings unfold into the fatal January plane-helicopter collision near D.C., investigators say the FAA ignored clear ...
D.C. Plane Crash Investigators Home In on Incorrect Altitude Readings
Tests raised questions about whether instruments in an Army Black Hawk helicopter may have led pilots to believe they were at ...
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 ...
7 takeaways from NTSB hearings on the deadly D.C. plane crash
NTSB hearings and documents revealed failures by the Army and FAA in the Jan. 29 crash of an American Airlines jet and an ...
How 3 Lives Intersected in the Final Moments of the D.C. Crash
Documents released in the inquiry into the deadly collision of a military helicopter and a passenger jet reveal a smart but ...
Black Hawk Helicopter Probably Didn't Realize How High It Was Before Fatal Collision with Passenger Plane: Officials
Six months after an Army helicopter crashed into an American Airlines passenger plane near Washington, D.C., killing 67 people, officials now say the crew in the chopper likely believed they were flyi ...
Army secretary apologizes to families of D.C. plane crash victims on eve of hearings
The NTSB will hold hearings to investigate the Jan. 29 crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk ...
Teen pianist plays through grief after D.C. plane crash kills mom and sister
Just 11 days after the crash that took the lives of her mother and younger sister, 14-year-old Anne Valerie "A.V." Ter gave ...