Alaska plane that crashed and left 10 dead was over the weight limit, NTSB finds
A new report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the Bering flight, which recently crashed on sea ice off Alaska, was “more than 1,000 pounds above the maximum total takeoff weight for flights to known ice-type conditions.” The commuter flight had moved from the Arlanklate to the Gnome when it disappeared on February […]
Alaska commuter plane was more than 1,000 overweight at time of crash: NTSB
Details of a preliminary investigation released Wednesday show that an Alaska commuter plane, which was found before 10 onboard deaths, was found in 10 onboard dead. National Transportation Safety Board staff New Report The fatal Bering Air Cessnaflight was significantly overloaded against the expected icy weather conditions in Alaska on February 6th, potentially contributing to […]
Chicago Midway near miss: Sun glare may have been a factor, NTSB says
Sun Glare may have been a contributor to the recent near miss involving Southwest Airlines jets at Chicago Midway International Airport. Southwest Airlines flights were forced to perform go-around operations while coming for landing when a small flexjet aircraft began taxiing over the runway plane path on February 25th. The incident was filmed on dramatic […]
NTSB issues recommendations after midair collision kills 67
On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended the closure of helicopter routes near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. NTSB Board Chair Jennifer Homendy called the “exhaustive risk to aviation safety by increasing the chances of air collisions” on the location of helicopter route 4 and the final approach path to DCA runway 33. […]
NTSB Claims Black Hawk Did Not Hear Instructions to ‘Pass Behind’ Plane
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) sends a message instructing crews of the US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with American Airlines Flight 5342, near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to “pass behind” the area jet He insisted that he had not heard. During a press conference Friday, NTSB Chairman Jennifer Homendy revealed that […]
Black Hawk crew may not have heard message to ‘pass behind’ DC-bound passenger plane: NTSB
Officials say that the crew of an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided in the air with an American airline passenger plane near Ronald Reagan Washington International Airport gave important messages from air traffic management before the flight was too expensive. I made sure I didn't know what I hadn't heard. The crash on the Potomac […]
Watch live: NTSB provides update on probe into deadly collision near DCA
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will provide Friday's update on investigation into a collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines plane between an American Airlines plane outside of Reagan Washington National Airport last month. The collision killed all 67 people on the airliner on their way from Kansas to Washington. […]
All ‘major pieces’ from midair DC crash recovered — as it releases new images of wreckage: NTSB
All the plane and chopper remains are being fished from the ice Potomac River as the National Transportation Safety Board continues to investigate the January 29 air collision that killed 67 people. “Major works” of American Airlines planes and Black Hawk helicopters have been recovered and taken to “Safe Airport Facilities for further testing and […]
Mangled remains of downed Black Hawk helicopter pulled from the Potomac River after DC crash: NTSB
The broken ruins of the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the fatal crash of a plane in DC last week were pulled out of the Potomac River on Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board announced. The NTSB recovered most of the rest of the UH-60 Black Hawk Military Chopper after colliding with a US Airlines […]
Black Hawk crew likely wearing night-vision goggles before deadly DC midair crash: NTSB
The chairman of the National Road Safety Board (NTSB) said on Thursday that based on “preliminary information,” Black Hawk helicopter crews wore night vision goggles before a fatal collision with an American Airlines jet near Washington last week He said it appears he was. DC NTSB Chairman Jennifer Homendy spoke with a Capitol Hill reporter […]