Articles from the tag: Potomac Crash| NBC4 Washington
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The pilots of a U.S. Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet over Washington in January would’ve had difficulty spotting the plane while wearing night-vision goggles, experts told the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday. Watch News4 video above for an example of what pilots using night-vision goggles can and cannot see. The Army goggles would have made it…| NBC4 Washington
Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal aviation workers emerged Thursday as key factors in investigators’ inquiry into the fatal midair crash between an Army helicopter and a commercial airliner earlier this year. During the second of three days of witness testimony and public inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board…| NBC4 Washington
Hearings began on the deadly midair collision between a passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January.| NBC4 Washington
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold three days of hearings on the fatal midair collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter. The goal of the hearings is to pinpoint exactly what went wrong and how to avoid similar accidents. The crash occurred in January in the skies above Washington. It killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft. The NTSB’s hearings will be in Washington and will start Wednesday. They come at a time of heightened scrutiny of the safety of air trav...| NBC4 Washington