Sikorsky, the Stratford-based helicopter maker, says it has successfully demonstrated a new type of technology that can take an aircraft from a helicopter-like vertical take off to wing flight like a ...
NTSB chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said the collision between the helicopter and the "CRJ" airplane happened at 278 feet above the river. The helicopter was supposed to be no higher than 200 feet.
The National Transportation Safety Board said all of the major pieces of the Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 that collided on Jan. 29 near Reagan National Airport have been ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport may have had inaccurate altitude readings ...