Aviation experts have been warning about the risk of a passenger aircraft collision for years
"Our whole air traffic control system has been blinking red, screaming at us that we've got it overloaded," one expert told BI.
D.C. plane crash live updates: One black box found, 67 dead after American Airlines flight collides with military helicopter
An American Airlines plane with 60 passengers and four crew members on board collided with a military helicopter near ...
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Opinion | Why AI-Based Air Traffic Monitoring Is Needed: Lessons From Washington DC Plane Crash
Human-monitored ATC, while effective in many ways, is increasingly becoming a bottleneck in ensuring safe and efficient air travel, especially in complex, high-security airspaces ...
Odds of dying in a plane crash are 1 in 13 million
Part of the wreckage is seen as rescue crews search the waters of the Potomac River after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport crashed into the river after colliding with a US Army ...
Mel Gibson’s Flight Risk fails to land the plane
Performances aside, Flight Risk commits the nearly unforgivable sin of turning a great thriller premise into laughably ...
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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 ...
Investigation underway as recovery of midair collision victims continues
Emergency authorities are conducting recovery efforts after an American Airlines regional jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided in the Washington, DC, area on Wednesday. Follow for live ...
Washington DC plane crash: Why we need AI-driven air traffic management
Human-monitored Air Traffic Control, while effective in many ways, is increasingly becoming a bottleneck in ensuring safe and ...
Senator Questions Military Helicopter Flights Near Civilian Airplanes in DC
In the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years, a U.S. Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet ...
Washington DC plane crash: Control tower at National Airport understaffed before deadly collision
The air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport in Washington DC was understaffed on Thursday when a passenger plane and a military helicopter collided in midair, according to a Government ...
In ‘incredibly tight’ D.C. airspace, small errors risk major tragedies
Investigators will try to determine why an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet at DCA airport, the first U ...
‘It’s genuinely shocking’: Triad flight instructor discusses DC plane crash impact on aviation industry
A Greensboro flight instructor says he was shocked at the news of Wednesday’s plane and helicopter collision in Washington, D ...