Incorrect altitude readings on the Army helicopter that collided with a passenger plane over Washington, D.C., in January ...

Trump blames ‘obsolete’ US air traffic control system for the plane and chopper collision near DC By: Josh Funk, The Associated Press Posted: 10:04 AM CST Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 Last Modified ...

The air traffic controller on duty at the time of the deadly passenger plane-Black Hawk helicopter crash in Washington, DC, was doing the work of two people, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Six months after an Army helicopter crashed into an American Airlines passenger plane near Washington, D.C., killing 67 ...

It showed how the helicopter flew above the 200 feet (61 metres) altitude limit on the helicopter route along the Potomac ...

Data from the airport’s air traffic control system suggests the helicopter was above its 200-foot (61-meter) flight ceiling. The screen the controller was looking at that night showed that based on ...

But an FAA report after the crash said that the controller did get an alert that the plane and helicopter were converging when they were still more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) apart. The ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed the deadly collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter last week on what he called an “obsolete” computer system used by U.S. air ...

Trump blames 'obsolete' US air traffic control system for deadly plane and chopper crash near DC President Donald Trump says he thinks last week’s deadly collision between a passenger jet and ...