Crucially, the Black Hawk crew told the air traffic control tower they would maintain visual separation from the plane, effectively “buying responsibility” for keeping their distance from the ...

But based on cockpit voice recorder data from the helicopter a “portion of the transmission that stated ‘pass behind the’ may not have been received by the Black Hawk crew,” Ms. Homendy said.

The crew of an Army Black Hawk helicopter might not have heard key instructions from air traffic control before a collision with a passenger jet over the Potomac River on Jan. 29, the National ...

The altitude of the Black Hawk is one piece of the investigation into why the two aircraft collided over the river at 8:48 p.m. on Jan. 29. The NTSB says it will be months before it determines ...

The crew of an Army Black Hawk helicopter might not have heard key instructions from air traffic control before a collision with a passenger jet over the Potomac River on Jan. 29, the National ...

It's been nearly a decade since the U.S. Army started testing out autonomous Black Hawks, with efforts ramping up more ...

The Black Hawk pilots who collided with an American Airlines plane last month may not have heard vital information given by air traffic control to fly behind the passenger jet seconds before the ...

Black Hawk pilots may not have heard a critical directive from air traffic control to fly behind the American Airlines plane in the seconds before it collided with the jet, and may have had “bad ...

The NTSB said Army Black Hawk crew may not have heard a message to "pass behind" the D.C.-bound passenger plane before the Jan. 29 midair crash over the Potomac River.

The altitude of the Black Hawk is one piece of the investigation into why the two aircraft collided over the river at 8:48 p.m. on Jan. 29. The NTSB says it will be months before it determines ...

The crew of an Army Black Hawk helicopter might not have heard key instructions from air traffic control before a collision with a passenger jet over the Potomac River on Jan. 29, the National ...