Defense News on MSN5d
Japan becomes Boeing’s newest customer of latest Chinook helo variant
Japan is the fourth country to purchase the latest version of the U.S. Army's CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter to modernize its ...
AeroTime5d
Japan’s defense forces order 17 Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters
Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) has ordered 17 Boeing CH-47 Block II Chinooks (Extended Range) as part of an effort to ...
The Washington Post5d
3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash
On the night of Jan. 29, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac River in Washington, killing all 67 people on both aircraft. To analyze ...
CNN4d
Black Hawk helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate, pilots may have missed some calls from control tower
A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision with a commercial flight over Washington, DC, on January 29, indicated the ...
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Crew rescued after cargo vessel runs aground on Newfoundland's west coast
Early Saturday morning, the Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centre in nearby Channel-Port aux Basques received a mayday from the cargo ship, about 12 nautical miles (22 kilometres ...
ABC74d
Just before DC crash Army helicopter may not have heard order to go behind jet: NTSB
WASHINGTON -- The crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport may have had inaccurate altitude readings ...
The Boston Globe4d
Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport may have had inaccurate altitude ...