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Army adjusts tracker policy and flight training following January collision with passenger jet
The Army has made changes to how its helicopters use a safety system that broadcasts aircraft location and has reduced the ...
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‘Intolerable risk': After DCA crash, NTSB recommends permanent change to helicopter route
Both plunged into the Potomac River, killing all 67 people aboard. Homendy said investigators found separation distances between helicopters on what's known as "Route 4" and planes landing on DCA ...
FAA administrator: 'Clearly, something was missed' that led to DC plane crash
Testifying for the first time in front of the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation, acting Federal Aviation Administrator Chris Rocheleau admitted that "something was missed." ...
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FAA Chief Says ‘We Have to Do Better’ After Deadly D.C. Air Collision
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said he learned that the Secret Service and U.S. Navy triggered a rash of collision alarms in planes around Reagan Airport on March 1 while testing anti-drone technology that used ...
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Safety board calls to end helo flights on route of fatal DC crash
the NTSB is recommending helicopter flights be immediately prohibited on "Route 4″ - where the fatal crash occurred - between Hains Point and the Wilson Bridge along the Potomac River when ...
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Woman rescued after plunging car into Potomac River
A driver who plunged her vehicle into the Potomac River on Tuesday evening made it safely out of the water with some help from good Samaritans. The driver and sole occupant of a Jeep was traveling ...