Army Report IDs Failures in DCA Midair Collision
Investigation cites missed radio transmissions, altitude discrepancies and gaps in military aviation safety oversight.
Investigation cites missed radio transmissions, altitude discrepancies and gaps in military aviation safety oversight.
Aircraft was on a routine flight from Benin City to Lagos when controllers lost contact.
Coast Guard crews searched more than 4,400 square miles.
Preliminary report details a long, fast landing, repeated cockpit speed warnings and an attempted go-around before the accident that killed five.
Two others were hospitalized and one remained missing following the accident off the Southern California island.
The strategic bomber was involved in an accident during a training flight in Russia’s Far East.
Three of the skydivers who witnessed the accident parachuted into a nearby field to assist the four people aboard.
Four sailors were injured during aircraft recovery operations aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Pilot ejected after reporting a loss of engine thrust; Navy grounds contractor-operated fleet.
Pilot ejected before the aircraft impacted the ground at the U.S. Air Force base in Germany.