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‘Risk of a Collision and Loss of Life’: D.C. Crash Warnings Were Years in the Making-OxBig News Network
In many ways, the issues at Reagan National’s control tower are emblematic of the fraying safety net that protects air travel throughout the United...
Airline Pilots in the DC Plane Crash Acted as Expected, Experts Say-OxBig News Network
Just after 8:43 p.m. on Jan. 29, an air traffic controller at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, posed a question to the pilots...
Conditions May Have Stymied Black Hawk Crew Before Fatal Crash-OxBig News Network
Flying helicopters near Ronald Reagan National Airport always carries some risk. But the conditions on the moonless night of Jan. 29, when an Army...
Airline Pilots Previously Reported Close Calls With Helicopters Near Reagan Airport-OxBig News Network
Airline pilots have warned of the potential dangers that helicopters posed in the Washington area before the fatal crash at Reagan National Airport on...
Crews Lift First Wreckage From D.C. Plane Crash Out of Potomac
Salvage crews began lifting the wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 from the Potomac River in Washington on Monday morning, the start of an...