Black boxes explained: The critical role the devices play in aviation
NBC News’ Zinhle Essamuah takes a look at how black boxes work and who invented them in light of the recent mid-air collision ...
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A timeline of last week's air disaster in Washington, the deadliest in the US since 2001
Almost a week after a helicopter and airplane collision in Washington killed 67 people, investigators are still at work as ...
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Remains of all 67 victims of the deadly plane and chopper collision near DC have been recovered
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Crews worked Tuesday to try to recover the plane’s cockpit and the rest of the remains of the 67 people ...
America desperately needs more air traffic controllers. So why is it so tough to hire them?
The U.S. air traffic control system has been stretched nearly to its breaking point. It's causing problems not just for the air traffic controllers that remain but the flying public at large.
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Connecticut's ice skating community remembers lives lost in plane crash near DC
SIMSBURY, Conn. — Connecticut's ice skating community remembered two coaches at the ice rink they coached at in Simsbury.
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Officials say remains of 55 of 67 victims of midair collision have been recovered and identified
Families of victims of the deadliest U.S. air disaster in a nearly in 25 years visited the crash site just outside Washington ...
Data from the deadliest U.S. air accident in a generation show conflicting altitude readings
Preliminary data from the deadliest U.S. aviation accident in nearly 25 years showed conflicting readings about the altitudes ...
NTSB analyzing chopper-jet collision data; 3rd soldier identified
National Transportation Safety Board officials are analyzing flight data to determine the time and altitude of each aircraft ...
Air ambulance crash kills 7 in Philadelphia, including child being flown home to Mexico
At least seven people were killed and 19 were injured when an air ambulance crashed into a busy Philadelphia intersection, ...
Washington DC plane crash latest: 41 bodies recovered from river - as another plane goes down in Philadelphia
The US army has made the decision not to release the name of one of the three soldiers killed in the collision. Meanwhile, a medical transport plane has crashed in Philadelphia, killing six people ...
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Pilots have reported repeated close calls similar to fatal collision near DC airport
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) WASHINGTON (AP) — Airline pilots flying into Washington, D.C., have reported nearly a dozen near ...
Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government
Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., employees at the Federal Aviation Administration were sent an offer to resign with eight months’ ...