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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.
Aircraft in DCA collision lacked certain anti-collision systems, NTSB says
NTSB investigators found Friday that the aircraft involved in the mid-air collision over DCA lacked certain collision ...
NTSB hearing reveals air traffic controllers should have warned passenger plane about helicopter before collision, but didn’t
The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of ...
NTSB questions flight training procedures during hearings over January plane crash
The NTSB continued its hearings Thursday into the deadly air collision between a military aircraft and a passenger jet.
NTSB hearings show that the army helicopter involved in fatal crash with passenger plane was above the altitude limit
The NTSB is holding three days of hearings to uncover insights into what caused the fatal crash between the passenger jet and ...
NTSB criticizes FAA for failing to act before fatal Army helicopter collision
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized U.S. officials for failing to act before the January ...
NTSB chair blasts FAA over deadly DC crash: 'Are you kidding me? 67 people are dead'
At their closest points, helicopters and planes routinely flew within 75 feet near the airport, according to the NTSB.
‘Least safe it has ever been’: NTSB witness says of DCA airspace
A witness criticized the safety of Ronald Reagan National Airport’s airspace since a mid-air crash in January during day two ...