The National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter’s cockpit voice recorder didn’t capture key directions from ...

Analysis of black box shows ‘conflicting information’ and suggests cockpit may not have seen accurate altitude information ...

The Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the fatal midair collision in Washington, D.C., had a tracking system turned off, ...

A key safety system was turned off on the US Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines regional jet last week ...

The investigation into the fatal DC plane crash has not yet blamed the Army Blackhawk helicopter but confirmed that it was flying higher than what was permitted. According to experts, 200 feet was ...

According to an investigative update, the U.S. Army helicopter may have been flying more than 100 feet higher than permitted.

At 8:46 p.m., two minutes before the collision, an air traffic controller tracking both the Black Hawk and the incoming jet told the helicopter’s aircrew that American Airlines Flight 5342 was ...

The National Transportation Safety Board said in an update on Tuesday that it obtained data, rounded to the nearest 100 feet, that showed the Black Hawk helicopter was flying at roughly 300 feet at ...

Again and again, Sergeant O’Hara, a Black Hawk helicopter crew chief, had told them that he loved flying around Washington, his father recalled: “Dad, you can see everything because we’re ...

An Army Black Hawk helicopter was flying too high when it crashed into an American Airlines jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, DC, last week, the National ...

Ryan O’Hara was a husband, father, and crew chief on board the Black Hawk. Helicopter crew chiefs are responsible for the maintenance of the aircraft. O’Hara had formerly attended Parkview ...

The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Washington, D.C., last week may have been flying higher than the maximum altitude for its training mission, authorities say.