The National Transportation Safety Board has said the helicopter was flying above its mandated 200-foot ceiling and that its crew was likely wearing night vision goggles, which pilots said can ...

That altimeter uses a radio beam to show the helicopter’s altitude above ground level, but it may not have been what the pilots of the ... along with the Naval Sea Systems Command Supervisor ...

on January 29, indicated the helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate and the pilots may not have heard ... along with the Naval Sea Systems Command Supervisor of Salvage and Diving ...

Airline pilots received more than 100 cockpit warnings over the past decade that they were in danger of a midair collision with a helicopter near Reagan National Airport, according to flight ...

The helicopter pilots also may have missed part of another communication, when the tower said the jet was shifting to a different runway, she said. Homendy said the helicopter was on a check ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...