NTSB finds a series of

NTSB finds a series of

National Transportation Safety Board members were deeply troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before last year’s collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk, which killed 67 people.  The board listened to hours of testimony from investigators who …

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NTSB hearing probes causes of deadly D.C. midair collision:

NTSB hearing probes causes of deadly D.C. midair collision:

The first day of the three-day investigative hearings on the deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C., in January ended with more questions about what caused the crash between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter.  The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, collided with a Black Hawk helicopter while coming in for …

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How Lost Radar and Silent Radios Have Upended Newark Air Travel

How Lost Radar and Silent Radios Have Upended Newark Air Travel

On a recent afternoon in Philadelphia, an air traffic controller began shouting that he had lost his radar feed for planes flying in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport. Some of his colleagues still had radar but their radios went dead, prompting frantic calls to their counterparts in New …

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