Air traffic control staffing 'not normal' during DC crash - officials
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there was a "consolidation of air traffic controllers an hour before it was ...
DC plane crash: NTSB on air traffic control tower staffing, last-second communications
The NTSB says when the Jan. 29 collision between a passenger plane and helicopter occurred, the air traffic control tower had ...
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy says FAA systems are 'antiquated,' calls for more air traffic controllers
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the COVID-19 pandemic caused air traffic controller recruitment to "plummet" for two ...
Midair collision reignites national concerns over air traffic controller shortage
FAA and union officials would not address whether Southern California airport towers are fully staffed, but the shortage has ...
Was the helicopter that collided with a plane flying too high? NTSB will 'figure it out'
The plane's altitude suggests the Army helicopter was flying above 200 feet − the maximum altitude for the route it was using ...
Families visit crash site days after the deadliest US air disaster in a generation
Families of victims of the deadliest U.S. air disaster in a nearly in 25 years visited the crash site just outside Washington ...
National Air Traffic Controllers Association president addresses staffing shortage
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) president addressed concerns about air traffic controller staffing shortages, highlighting a broad need for funding, during a Saturday ...
Army helicopter was warned about American Airlines plane twice — with final alert coming just seconds before DC crash
The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines flight was alerted to the plane’s presence by air control ...
Investigation into DC plane and helicopter collision looking at potential mistakes in ‘no margin for error’ situation
Investigators are intensifying their search into what caused the collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army ...
D.C. Plane Crash Live Updates: Black Boxes Recovered From Plane And Helicopter
Sixty-seven people died in a collision between a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black Hawk helicopter.
‘Heartbreaking’ search for those killed in DC air crash as army helicopter’s black box recovered
Police boats combed the banks of the Potomac River on Friday, slowly scanning the shoreline in the rain as investigators ...
What we know after American Eagle plane and Black Hawk helicopter collide near Washington, D.C.
Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel were killed, and a recovery ...