The air traffic control tower had given the helicopter pilot permission to fly no higher than 200 feet, said the people, who were not authorized to speak about the matter publicly. Responding to Mr.

We love you.” The Black Hawk’s co-pilot is yet to be named. Ryan O’Hara was a husband, father, and crew chief on board the Black Hawk. Helicopter crew chiefs are responsible for the ...

Recovery crews and divers searched the Potomac River in Washington, DC for remains and cleared wreckage on Saturday from the ...

The slight increase in pitch could show the pilots trying to pull the plane up after suddenly noticing the helicopter, Mary Schiavo, former inspector general at the Department of Transportation ...

REALLY SO IMPORTANT. YEAH. CAPTAIN ROY SAYS FLIGHT TIME EXPERIENCE CAN VARY WIDELY BETWEEN HELICOPTER PILOTS IN THE MILITARY AND IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR. AND HE SAYS THAT CAN PLAY A BIG FACTOR IN ...

“At short final for a short runway at night with gusty winds, the odds of seeing the helicopter wouldn’t be great,” the CRJ pilot says. “You would be pretty focused on landing the ...

A decorated trans army service member, Jo Ellis, has taken to Facebook to debunk viral claims that she was the pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter that was involved in the fatal mid-air crash in ...

In the three years before the deadly collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport, at least two other pilots reported near-misses with ...

Phillip Brashear is a retired chief warrant officer 5 — the highest ranking officials within the Army ranks — a helicopter pilot with both the Virginia Army National Guard and the Army Reserve.