A timeline of last month's air disaster in Washington, the deadliest in the US since 2001
More than two weeks after a helicopter and airplane collision over Washington killed 67 people, investigators have completed ...
CNN14d
Not just Reagan: Airports across the US have struggled with air traffic control staffing in recent years, data shows
When an American Airlines flight fatally collided with a military helicopter near Reagan ... that rose to about 79%. Some traffic control towers at major airports around the country – including ...
New York Post14d
Helicopter in DC plane crash was flying twice as high as it should have, lacked new tech as FAA nixes all chopper traffic near collision site
While federal aviation rules do not allow pilots ... “Why didn’t air traffic control pick that up?” Cantwell, too, questioned the safety of military and commercial flights separated by ...
Fox News14d
Air traffic controller left early from work before crash: report
The responsibility of handling air traffic control for helicopters and incoming planes at Reagan National Airport were combined on Wednesday night ahead of a deadly collision, a report said.
Global News14d
How planes, military aircraft work to avoid ‘preventable’ collisions
a former military aircraft pilot and aviation accident lawyer with Kreindler LLP. “So the communications go through air traffic control. Ideally, the aircraft operating in the same airspace will ...
The Washington Post14d
Control tower at National Airport understaffed before deadly collision
The air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport was understaffed on Wednesday evening when a passenger plane and a military helicopter ... D.C. firefighters and police officers assigned ...
New York Post14d
Texas police union calls out ‘snitch’ who filmed officers doing donuts in the snow — as banter goes ‘off the rails’
A Texas police ... do,” Brown said in the video that has been liked over 5,000 times. After Brown made the post, the Houston Police Officers’ Union fired back and pointed out Brown’s traffic ...
Gold Coast Sun14d
‘Not normal’: FAA confirm air traffic controller was doing the job of two people
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed the air traffic controller working was doing the job of two ... report found that air traffic control tower staffing was “not normal ...