While landing at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC on Wednesday shortly before 9 p.m., American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the icy ...
The helicopter’s GPS signal shows that it had taken off shortly before the crash. Aircraft collisions accounted for 12% of all aviation accidents last year ...
The National Transportation Safety Board will lead an investigation, hoping to determine what happened and prevent any similar accidents in the future. There is no reason to believe that the dramatic ...
A Washington, D.C., plane crash marks the country's first commercial flight fatality in 16 years, and it happened over the most secure airspace in the country.
There appears little doubt that most of the blame for Wednesday night’s fatal mid-air collision in Washington lies with the three-person crew of a US Army Blackhawk helicopter. It collided with an ...
The jet's sterling safety record won't help Bombardier, however, as the Quebec manufacturer divested its aircraft programs to focus on private jets for business customers and the ultra-wealthy.