Listen to the Air Traffic Control Audio in the Moments Around the Collision
The audio indicates that air traffic controllers tried to warn the Army helicopter about a nearby Canadair Regional Jet.
Crowded Skies, Thin Margins for Error: The Minutes Before the D.C. Air Disaster
Using radio traffic, flight data and leaked footage of an air traffic control radar screen, we examine what was happening in the moments before the midair collision near Reagan National Airport that ...
Army helicopter was alerted to plane’s presence two minutes before collision
Air traffic controllers twice alerted the crew of a U.S. Army helicopter to the presence of an inbound American Airlines jet, ...
KPBS7d
Air traffic controller radio offers look into lead-up to midair crash
It will be some time before investigators can offer clear answers to the cause of the midair crash at Ronald Reagan ...
Iowa Public Radio7d
Listen: Air traffic controller audio before the midair plane crash near D.C.
It will be some time before investigators can offer clear answers to the cause of the midair crash at Ronald Reagan ...
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Listen: Air traffic controller audio before the midair plane crash near D.C.
The Black Hawk pilot is heard on the radio responding, "PAT 25, has the traffic in sight, request visual separation." "Visual separation" means the pilot acknowledges seeing the incoming aircraft ...
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Air traffic controller radio offers look into lead-up to midair crash
The Black Hawk pilot is heard on the radio responding, "PAT 25, has the traffic in sight, request visual separation." "Visual separation" means the pilot acknowledges that they see the incoming ...
A visual timeline of the collision between a passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter in DC
A US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying three crew members – from the 12th Aviation Battalion, based out of nearby ...