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Flying helicopters near Ronald Reagan National Airport always carries some risk. But the conditions on the moonless night of Jan. 29, when an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet collided, were unusually challenging. Many of the factors that contributed to the disaster are still being uncovered as investigators from the National…
Before the deadly plane crash on Wednesday night near Ronald Reagan National Airport, there were at least 10 close calls at the Washington airport in the last three years that were documented in government records reviewed by The New York Times. One of the most alarming came last April, when a Southwest Airlines flight was…
More than 90 percent of the country’s 313 air traffic control facilities operate below the Federal Aviation Administration’s recommended staffing levels, according to an analysis of staffing data from the union representing controllers obtained by The New York Times. As of earlier this month, 285 facilities — which include traffic control towers and other locations…
Late on Thursday, the most difficult day that Federal Aviation Administration employees had faced in decades, they received an email from government personnel officials, reiterating an offer from earlier this week to resign. In a mass email sent to federal employees just before 8:30 p.m. — almost exactly 24 hours after an air crash in…
Clues emerging from the moments before the deadly collision Wednesday night between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet suggest that multiple layers of the country’s aviation safety apparatus failed, according to flight recordings, a preliminary internal report from the Federal Aviation Administration, interviews with current and former air traffic controllers and others…