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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.
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 press Army over helicopter altimeter issues on day 1 of hearings
NTSB members became frustrated at the U.S. Army's timeline to fix altimeter issues during the first hearing on the fatal Jan.
FAA: Optional system could have warned helicopter before crash 73 second before
Friday is the third, and the panel expects it to be the final day of National Transportation Board hearings on the collision of American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army helicopter in January.
Air traffic controller should have warned plane of Army helicopter's path ahead of fatal DC crash: FAA
Air traffic controller failed to notify commercial plane crew about approaching Army helicopter before Washington D.C.
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 examines collision avoidance technology and safety systems in Flight 5342 investigation
Investigators from the NTSB questioned experts from the FAA, U.S. Army, MIT and two airlines about technology pilots use to ...