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Black Hawk crew in DC crash may have missed key air traffic messagesThe Black Hawk that collided with an American Airlines jet in January may not have had accurate altitude readings, ...
A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision ...
The Army identified the crew as Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach of Durham, North Carolina; Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, of ...
A chart showing Reagan National ... also known as the black box. The barometric pressure setting was also not recorded. Pressure altitude is also something that helicopter systems “can tap ...
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Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB saysNational Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy told reporters that the recording from the Black Hawk helicopter cockpit suggested an incomplete radio transmission may have left the ...
Pilots who agree initiate a swooping turn that on final approach brings them northwest and low across the river — the path ...
Normally, investigators would be able to use pressure altitude to compute the barometric altitude displayed to the pilots. Because the pressure altitude parameter is invalid, they have to use ...
The collision likely occurred at an altitude of about 325 feet ... has two types of altimeters – one relying on barometric pressure and the other on radio frequency signals bounced off the ...
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