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Army Pilots Might Have Struggled to See Passenger Jet Before D.C. Crash

1 août 2025 à 22:34
Light pollution from Washington and the passenger jet’s dim lights might have contributed to difficulties spotting American Airlines Flight 5342 before the collision on Jan. 29, Army experts said.

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An Army flight helmet with night vision goggles at a training facility at Fort Rucker in Alabama, in April.

Key Takeaways From the D.C. Plane Crash Hearing

30 juillet 2025 à 23:27
After hours of testimony and thousands of pages of new documents, here’s what emerged in the first day of a marathon National Transportation Safety Board hearing.

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The N.T.S.B held a fact-finding hearing on Wednesday on the Jan. 29 crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Pilots for Army Black Hawk Discussed Changing Course Before Crash

30 juillet 2025 à 10:56
The maneuver might have taken the helicopter out of the direct path of a passenger jet as it was trying to land at Reagan Airport on Jan. 29.

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Experts on Black Hawk helicopters were questioned at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing on Wednesday.

The Biggest Unanswered Questions About the Reagan Airport Crash

30 juillet 2025 à 08:38
Six months after a midair collision killed 67 people outside Washington, transportation safety officials will hear testimony from the key players whose pilots were involved in the accident.

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The fuselage of the American Airlines plane involved in a collision with a Black Hawk helicopter was recovered from the Potomac River days after the crash.
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    The National Transportation Safety Board is also expected to release a trove of documents related to the fatal midair collision in January between an Army helicopter and a regional jet at Reagan National Airport.
     

Federal Investigators Set to Begin Hearings on D.C. Plane Crash

30 juillet 2025 à 05:02
The National Transportation Safety Board is also expected to release a trove of documents related to the fatal midair collision in January between an Army helicopter and a regional jet at Reagan National Airport.

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Wreckage from a collision between an American Airline jet and an Army Black Hawk seen near the Reagan National Airport in January.

Republicans Unveil Aviation Safety Bill Before D.C. Crash Hearings

29 juillet 2025 à 17:08
The legislation, led by Senator Ted Cruz, the Republican chairman of a panel that oversees air travel, has a number of high-profile supporters — but no Democrats, yet.

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An American Airlines flight collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over Reagan National Airport in January.

Passengers Evacuate Smoky American Airlines Plane at Denver Airport

27 juillet 2025 à 14:27
A small fire in the brake system just ahead of the jet’s takeoff prompted the evacuation of 173 passengers and six crew members, the authorities said.

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Passengers assembled after evacuating a smoking plane at Denver International Airport on Saturday.

American Airlines Flight Attendant Who Filmed Minors in Lavatory Is Sentenced to 18.5 Years

23 juillet 2025 à 21:36
The former flight attendant, Estes Carter Thompson III, of Charlotte, N.C., secretly filmed girls using the restroom on American Airlines flights in 2023, prosecutors said.

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Estes Carter Thompson III secretly filmed young girls by directing them to specific lavatories on American Airlines flights where he had set up “a secret recording studio” using his cellphone, prosecutors said.
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