The military Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into a passenger plane near Reagan National Airport Wednesday appears to have been flying above the permitted altitude, publicly available flight ...
REALLY SO IMPORTANT. YEAH. CAPTAIN ROY SAYS FLIGHT TIME EXPERIENCE CAN VARY WIDELY BETWEEN HELICOPTER PILOTS IN THE MILITARY AND IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR. AND HE SAYS THAT CAN PLAY A BIG FACTOR IN ...
The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, was minutes away from landing at Reagan Airport near Washington on Wednesday night just before 9 p.m. ET when it collided with the helicopter.
The reason: risk of possible collision with a helicopter. A similar situation played out less than a week earlier, on Jan. 23, when a flight from Charlotte suddenly pulled out of its approach at ...