Helicopters flying along Potomac frequently pose dangers to passenger jets
Wednesday’s fatal collision and two other incidents dramatically illustrate the challenges pilots and air traffic controllers face in the complex, security-sensitive skies above the nation’s capital.
Here's what is known about the deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter
A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter carrying three soldiers while preparing to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D
Plane Crash Updates: No Survivors in Jet-Helicopter Collision in D.C.
Authorities are investigating a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Follow along for live updates,
BREAKING: Regional jet collides with helicopter, crashes in Potomac near Reagan airport
An American Airlines regional passenger jet with 60 passengers and 4 crewmembers has collided in mid-air with a Black Hawk helicopter while landing at Ronald Re
Many feared dead after American Airlines regional jet, Army helicopter collide near DC airport
Figure skaters and coaches returning from the national championships were aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday, the U.
Passenger jet with 64 aboard collides midair with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Airport near DC
A passenger jet has collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.
Passenger jet in midair collision with Army Blackhawk helicopter while landing at airport near Washington
The Federal Aviation Administration said the midair collision occurred around 9 p.m. EST when a regional jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, smashed into a military Blackhawk helicopter while on approach to an airport runway.
Helicopters flying along Potomac River frequently pose dangers to passenger jets
On Tuesday night, just 24 hours before a deadly collision between a military helicopter and a regional jet at Reagan National Airport, a different passenger jet coming in for a landing at the airport alerted the tower it had to abort. The reason: risk of possible collision with a helicopter.
Collision between passenger jet and Army helicopter near DC kills 67
A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot and reported that control tower staffing was “not normal” at the time of the country's worst aviation disaster in a generation.
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