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Less than a second before hitting a passenger jet, helicopter instructor told pilot to change course, NTSB hearing reveals
The first of the National Transportation Safety Board’s three days of investigative hearings is underway to help determine ...
Helicopter didn't hear command to pass behind jet, NTSB says in DC crash hearing
On the eve of the investigative hearings, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation called "The Rotor Act," which would ...
Investigators Home In on Altitude Discrepancy in Army Helicopter Before Potomac Crash
Flight instruments probably led the Black Hawk crew to believe the helicopter was lower than it actually was before the ...
Helicopter’s altitude readings said wrong
Investigators probing the January midair collision of a passenger plane and an Army helicopter over Washington that killed 67 ...
Helicopter in deadly DC airport collision had faulty altitude gauge, NTSB says
Investigators testifying at a hearing into the January's mid-air crash in Washington DC suggest faulty altitude data may have ...
Fort Eustis helicopter unit will cease operations amid restructuring
The U.S. Army Reserve Aviation Command will inactivate the 5-159th General Support Aviation Battalion at Fort Eustis.
Officers make rare helicopter landing to rescue drowning man
BALTIMORE (WBAL) - A Baltimore police helicopter landed in a grassy field Saturday as officers rushed to save a man’s life.
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Avista announces planned outage for power pole installation using helicopter in Spirit Lake
Avista will use a helicopter to transport and install six power poles in Spirit Lake during a planned outage Wednesday, Aug.