WASHINGTON — Major air safety failures and last-minute mistakes caused Thursday night’s midair collision over the Potomac River that left 67 people dead, according to expert observers and officials.
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 crash ...
National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy speaks during a news conference Friday in Washington about the fatal Black Hawk-jet collision on Jan. 29. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) A U.S. Army ...