Data indicated that the Black Hawk may have been flying above its 200-foot flight ceiling, though the NTSB said investigators need to access the crashed aircraft to verify the data. Salvage crews ...

But the nature of the military pilot-training market is changing, driven by the exceptionally high cost of the process. The U.S. Air Force estimates that it spends more than $10 million for a single ...

The US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet on Jan. 29. In the deadliest US air disaster in more than 20 years, the aircraft collided last week, with both craft ...

The military helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight over Washington, DC, was flying nearly twice as high ...

National Transportation Safety Board investigators said that the Army Black Hawk and an American Airlines passenger jet, Flight 5342, were at 300 feet above the Potomac when they collided ...

NTSB board member J. Todd Inman stated over the weekend the airport tower’s radar was showing the Black Hawk altitude at 200 feet with the Bombardier CRJ700 jet’s flight data recorder reading ...

The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Washington, D.C., last week may have been flying higher than the maximum altitude for its training mission, authorities say.

The Black Hawk is a US Army workhorse helicopter. It has been flying for decades. One tragically collided with a passenger jet this week.