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Night vision goggles may have hampered helicopter pilots before crash with jet, experts tell NTSB
The goggles also limited the pilots' peripheral vision as they flew near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Washington Air Crash: How altitude glitch, night goggles & missed warnings led to tragedy
A deadly collision occurred near Reagan National Airport. A US Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet crashed. All 67 ...
Army pilots might have struggled to see passenger jet before D.C. crash
Federal investigators will release their findings early next year about the cause of the midair collision, which killed 67 ...
NTSB finds Army chopper in fatal midair crash with plane was above altitude limit
The hearing opened Wednesday with a video animation showing where the helicopter and airliner were leading up to the collision. It showed how the helicopter flew above the 200 feet (61 meters) ...
1 flown to trauma center after motorcycle crash in Lower Burrell
An adult patient was airlifted by medical helicopter to an area trauma center after a crash involving a motorcycle Friday ...
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3 big takeaways from the NTSB hearing on the DCA midair collision
A three-day National Transportation Safety Board hearing on the deadliest U.S. aviation accident in decades dug into problems ...
US Army helicopter in deadly Washington crash had technical issues
An investigative hearing into a deadly mid-air collision of a US Army helicopter and a passenger plane that killed 67 people ...
NTSB hearings on DCA crash investigation enter final day
Friday was the final day of the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) three-day hearing on the deadly plane crash at ...
Key takeaways from 3-day hearing on deadly D.C. midair collision
The NTSB heard testimony from air traffic controllers, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Army about the collision of an Army helicopter and passenger plane.