Black Hawk helicopter may not have heard order to go behind American Airlines jet - The Army helicopter appeared to be ...

Pilots of a U.S. Army helicopter involved in the Jan. 29 midair collision with an American Airlines regional jet may not have ...

Last month, an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided as the plane prepared to land at Washington D.

The U.S. army began using the helicopters in 1979 for transport and they have been modified for new missions and roles over the years. Buying a Black Hawk costs between $7 million and $25 million ...

The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American ... active air defense, or presidential transport helicopter missions are allowed to enter the area. The collision was the deadliest ...

Shortly before the collision, a controller got an alert that the plane and Black Hawk were converging and asked the helicopter if it had the plane in sight. The military pilot said yes and asked ...