Criss-Crossing Routes in D.C. Airspace Leave Little Room for Error
A deadly midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National ...
Approach for Reagan National’s Runway 33 is within feet of helicopter corridor
A Washington Post analysis of FAA maps shows the proximity of the flight path to a helicopter “tunnel” at a midair crossroads ...
Helicopter in DC plane crash was flying twice as high as it should have, lacked new tech as FAA nixes all chopper traffic near collision site
The military helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight over Washington, DC, was flying nearly twice as high ...
Pilots have long worried about DC’s complex airspace contributing to a catastrophe
Feller, who served as an instructor pilot for the D.C. National Guard, said he had several rules for new pilots to avoid such ...
Engineering News-Record22d
Virginia Names Contractors for $2.3B Potomac River Rail, Pedestrian Bridges
VPRA plans to build a two-track rail bridge crossing the Potomac River between Arlington, Va., and Washington, D.C. beside another two-track bridge owned by CSX Transportation that is more than ...
The Spokesman-Review7d
Approach for Reagan National’s Runway 33 is within feet of helicopter corridor
Helicopter pilots who cannot see a jet on final approach are asked to hold at points north or south of the crossing ... as a plane flying up the Potomac River nears the Woodrow Wilson Bridge ...
The New York Times13d
Helicopter May Have Deviated From Approved Path Before Deadly Crash
right near Reagan National Airport and on either side of the Potomac, and sometimes crossing it, are helicopters. Just north of where we live is the White House, and as we know, helicopters take off ...
Everything we know so far about the American Airlines jet that crashed into a Black Hawk helicopter
Rescue craft are in the Potomac River below the site of the collision with D.C. fire chief John Donnelly saying "we don't know" if there are any survivors.
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Pilots have long worried about DC's complex airspace contributing to a catastrophe
The jet’s pilots altered their approach, heading over the east bank of the Potomac before heading back over the river to land on ... and military helicopters crossing paths, especially at ...
New York Post26d
Divers rescue man from icy Potomac River after car flies over railing, plunges off Arlington Memorial Bridge in DC
The driver was involved in a crash with another vehicle on the Arlington Memorial Bridge when his car flew over the side railing of the bridge into the Potomac River just before 7 p.m., according ...