The military helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight over Washington, DC, was flying nearly twice as high as it should have been — but the Black Hawk was not equipped with a new ...

An air traffic controller failed to notify the crew of a commercial plane that an Army helicopter was moving toward the aircraft before the collision in Washington, D.C., in January that killed 67 ...

A new National Transportation Safety Board report outlines how flight paths near DCA put military helicopters and jets on a collision course.

Incorrect altitude readings on the Army helicopter that collided with a passenger plane over Washington, D.C., in January contributed to the aircraft getting too close, but air traffic controllers ...

This story is part of WTOP’s series “Five stories that defined the DC-area in 2025.” You can hear it on air all this week and read it online. Almost a year after the midair collision between an ...

Nearly one year after the midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet near Washington, DC, the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized the Federal ...

Investigators probing the January midair collision of a passenger plane and an Army helicopter over Washington that killed 67 people found the chopper was flying higher than it should have been and ...