What is a black box on a plane? What to know after AA Flight 5342 crash with helicopter
NTSB member Todd Inman said "We feel comfortable and confident" that the boxes would be recovered. The fatal crash took place just before 9 p.m. Wednesday when American Airlines Flight ...
Plane crash LIVE: Airport control tower 'not properly staffed' as investigators refuse to speculate on cause
Staffing levels at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport were "not normal for the time of day and ...
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DCA Tower Staffing ‘Not Normal’ Prior to Plane Crash: Report
A preliminary FAA report says that staffing at the D.C. airport’s air traffic control tower was “not normal for the time of ...
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Search ongoing for bodies, flight data recorders
Divers continued to search cold and murky waters in the Potomac River for victims of the Flight 5342 crash, where the ...
NTSB on Midair Collision: Flight Data Recorders Not Recovered Yet
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said in an afternoon press conference that the flight data recorders remain "underwater." ...
Door appeared ajar on a kit plane in California crash that killed 2 and injured 19
A door was apparently not fully closed on a homebuilt airplane that crashed in Southern California earlier this month.