What to know about the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter involved in D.C. crash
For many, the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, like the one involved in the Wednesday collision over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is familiar for one reason: the 2001 movie "Black Hawk Down ," based on the 1993 shooting down of U.S. Black Hawk helicopters during the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia.
Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was on a 'proficiency training flight'
Military spokesman Ron McLendon II said the Army is joining an investigation into the crash headed by the National Transportation Security Board.
DC crash map: Paths of American Airlines Flight 5342, UH-60 Black Hawk
The helicopter was a UH-60 Black Hawk based at Fort Belvoir in Virginia flying south over the Potomac River as the American Airlines flight was flying north. A few minutes before
Sikorsky: Type of Black Hawk in fatal crash passed test on same day
J. Todd Inman, a member of the NTSB, gives a press briefing Thursday on Wednesday night’s fatal crash between an
Army helicopter, plane crash: What we know about the victims
There were 64 people on board the plane, a Bombardier CRJ-701-twin engine aircraft, while three soldiers were on the UH-60 helicopter, The Associated Press reported. Within about 12 hours after the crash,
AA Flight 5342: What is a black box on a plane? What to know after crash with helicopter
What is a black box, what can it tell us, and have the data recorders been found from Flight 5342 and the Army's Blackhawk?
What we know about the plane and military helicopter crash in D.C.
An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington. Bodies have been pulled from the water.
What we know after American Airlines plane crashes with Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C.
An American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. All 67 people aboard the aircraft are presumed dead.
UH-60 Black Hawk Begins Ground Tests With Far More Powerful T901 Engines
A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter has completed initial ground runs with two of the new T901 Improved Turbine Engines.
The 2 Aircraft That Collided Over Washington are Both Workhorses in Use Around the World
The Army helicopter and regional American Airlines jet that collided over Washington are both workhorse aircraft that operate ...
What to know about the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk — a global workhorse
The UH-60 Black Hawk is the helicopter involved in a crash with a passenger jet on Wednesday night near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
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Sikorsky begins ground testing with new Black Hawk engine
The trials mark the first time one of the new GE Aerospace T901 Improved Turbine Engines has been powered up inside a ...
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UH-60A/L Black Hawk Helicopter
The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is the U.S. Army’s primary ... The UH-60A is equipped with two General Electric T700-GE-701 turboshaft engines rated at 1,560 shaft horsepower each.
Plane crash in DC: What to know about the aircraft involved
The aircraft that collided in Washington, D.C., were a Bombardier CRJ700 jet operated as American Eagle Flight 5342 by PSA Airlines and a U.S. Army Sikorky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
What is a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk?
A Black Hawk helicopter can transport up to "12 fully equipped, seated troops in combat," according to Lockheed Martin, the weapons company that builds the helicopter. There are about 5,000 of these ...
Black Hawk crew involved in DC crash made up of 'top pilots' with thousands of hours of experience
The crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly collision with a jetliner had thousands of hours of flight experience.
What to know about the passenger jet and helicopter that crashed in DC
An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the Potomac River after a ...