Black Hawk helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate, pilots may have missed some calls from control tower
A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision ...
Defense News1d
Japan becomes Boeing’s newest customer of latest Chinook helo variant
Japan is the fourth country to purchase the latest version of the U.S. Army's CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter to modernize its ...
Flightglobal2d
Japan signs for 17 Block II Chinooks in rotorcraft fleet renewal
Japan has finalised an order for 17 Boeing CH-47 Block II Chinook Extended Range rotorcraft, with the US airframer confirming ...
AeroTime2d
Japan’s defense forces order 17 Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters
Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) has ordered 17 Boeing CH-47 Block II Chinooks (Extended Range) as part of an effort to ...
5 Of The Fastest Military Helicopters, Ranked By Top Speed
Military forces around the world have taken advantage of emerging engine and aerodynamics technology to build these fast and ...
The Spokesman-Review6d
Tent city rising at Guantánamo Bay
One was wearing civilian attire, including a blue jacket marked “Police ... underwear and a towel – and then got an aerial ...
New York Post14d
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 plane was alerted to the plane’s presence by air control twice, the first time at least two minutes before the deadly crash ...
Sky14d
Black Hawk helicopter was on emergency evacuation trial run before Washington DC crash, officials say
The Black Hawk helicopter which collided with a passenger plane above Washington DC was training for a hypothetical evacuation of US leaders at the time, according to US officials. Three soldiers ...
The Independent14d
Investigators hopeful of answers after Army helicopter’s ‘black box’ found following deadly DC collision
open image in gallery The so-called ‘black box’ from the Black Hawk helicopter, which collided with a passenger jet in Washington, D.C., has now been recovered, authorities said on Friday (AP ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston14d
A timeline of the collision between a passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter in DC
A commercial passenger plane bound for Reagan National Airport collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River just outside of Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. There were 64 ...