The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Investigative Update for Feb. 4 reports that most recent information shows the Army Black Hawk helicopter altitude displayed in the control tower showed 300 feet at the moment of impact. However, that readout is rounded to the nearest 100 feet, the NTSB said, suggesting the helicopter altitude could have […]
The National Transportation Safety Board Preliminary Report (posted below) on the Jan. 2 crash of a Vans RV-10 in Fullerton, California, confirms earlier reports that multiple witnesses observed the pilot’s side clamshell door swinging open on takeoff. The report further reveals that Vans sent the builder-owner a retrofit kit for a secondary door latch in […]
The NTSB says it will have to build a timeline for the data obtained from the flight data recorder on the Blackhawk helicopter involved in last week’s collision in Washington because the data wasn’t time stamped. The Board had hoped to get definitive answers on the discrepancy between the radar data and the FDR and […]
Philadelphia officials are asking anyone who have not heard from friends or relatives who may have been in the area of a plane crash on Friday to report them missing as they try to finalize the search for victims. All six onboard the Jet Rescue Learjet 55 were killed as was a person in a […]
It will be properly recognized as a Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) “save” but the occupants of an SR22 in California more accurately owe their lives to the heroics of a state highway patrol member and a couple of bystanders. The California Highway Patrol member, identified in a news release as Officer Ayala, had a […]
The scope being used by the controller working both the American Eagle flight and Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided Thursday in Washington, D.C., showed the helicopter about 125 feet lower than the CRJ700 it met over the Potomac River. At a press briefing on Saturday, NTSB member Todd Inman said the flight data recorder […]
A preliminary Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report obtained by AP News noted that air traffic control staffing at Reagan National Airport was “not normal” during Wednesday night’s midair accident in Washington, D.C. According to the report, the controller responsible for managing helicopters near the airport was also overseeing aircraft landing and departing on the […]
In a White House press briefing Thursday morning, President Trump announced the appointment of Chris Rocheleau as acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Rocheleau’s appointment comes hours after an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport— the first fatal commercial plane crash […]
There were 60 passengers and four crew aboard a PSA CRJ700 regional jet, American Airlines Flight 5342, that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter, with three service members on board, on short final for Reagan National Airport. The PSA flight was operated on behalf of American Airlines and originated in Wichita. The plane ended […]
Both engines on the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 that crashed in South Korea last month had the remains of ducks inside, according to a preliminary report released by the government on Monday. The DNA from Baikal Teals, a common migratory bird that flocks to South Korea every winter, was identified, confirming one part of the […]
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