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Black Hawk helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate, pilots may have missed some calls from control tower
A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision with a commercial flight over Washington, DC, on January 29, indicated the ...
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3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash
On the night of Jan. 29, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac River in Washington, killing all 67 people on both aircraft. To analyze ...
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Black Hawk helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate, pilots may have missed some calls from control tower
Washington, DC (CNN) — A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision with a commercial flight over Washington, DC, on ...
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Black Hawk helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate, pilots may have missed some calls from control tower
The radio altimeter on board the Black Hawk at the time of the deadly midair collision read 278 feet, Homendy said. That altimeter uses a radio beam to show the helicopter’s altitude above ...