Former airline pilot said collision might have occurred because the military helicopter was flying under the airplane.
American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 collides midair with military helicopter near D.C. airport Jim Acosta leaves CNN, ...
An air traffic controller asked the Blackhawk helicopter via radio if it had the regional American Airlines jet in its sight 30 seconds before the Wednesday, Jan. 29 crash.
From an aviation standpoint, that’s where you have to start separating it.” By that point, helicopter pilots had been dropping water on the flames for about nine hours, but were fighting a ...
The plane, which took off from Wichita, Kan., with 64 people on board, was landing at Reagan National – traveling north ...
Lt. j.g. John Koelsch was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism as a rescue helicopter pilot during the Korean War. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command) During the Korean War ...