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Air Traffic Controllers Urged Safety Changes Years Before D.C. Crash
Air traffic control managers told the National Transportation Safety Board that F.A.A. leaders rebuffed efforts over the years to address hazardous conditions that played a role in the Jan. 29 crash.
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WATCH LIVE: NTSB probes safety of air traffic control in DC airspace in Flight 5342 hearing
The National Transportation Safety Board began its second day of investigative hearings into the fatal crash of American Eagle Flight 5342.
Air traffic controllers required to ‘make it work’ dealing with stream of planes before deadly crash, NTSB hearing uncovers
The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of the investigation into January’s deadly midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
'Just make it work': NTSB investigates air traffic control culture after deadly collision
The National Transportation Safety Board is examining the air traffic control practices at Reagan National Airport following a mid-air collision that killed 67 people, focusing on the culture of "just making it work.
NTSB to probe air traffic control training, collision avoidance technology in second day of hearings on DC midair collision
The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training and collision avoidance technology, two key parts of the investigation into January’s deadly midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
New information from NTSB hearing shows timeline of events in DC plane crash
The communications between pilots and air traffic control were laid out in a visual timeline in Day One of the NTSB investigative hearing.
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Airspace not safe around Reagan National Airport, witness tells NTSB
"Absolutely, it's safe to fly in," Nick Fuller, the acting deputy chief operations officer for the FAA, told the NTSB. "The ...
National Transportation Safety Board begins three-day meeting for January mid-air collision
The National Transportation Safety Board begins a three-day meeting looking into the deadly January midair collision of an ...
Controllers asked for fewer flights at Reagan National before a midair collision. That never happened.
It needs to be addressed and we didn’t address it," said Bryan Lehman, an air traffic manager at a large control facility in the Washington region.
NTSB holds hearings on January's deadly mid-air collision near Reagan National Airport
In Washington on Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board held the first of three days of hearings into a deadly ...
Truck safety could be addressed as NTSB probes deadly I-485 crash, experts say
The National Transportation Safety Board arrived in Charlotte Tuesday to begin its investigation into Saturday’s deadly, ...
They lost their son in the Reagan National Airport midair collision. Now, they’re fighting for aviation safety in his honor
The night of the crash Tim and his family went straight to Washington. He was no stranger to aviation or crash investigations ...
Watch: NTSB enters second day of National Airport crash hearings
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Thursday morning will resume its probe into the deadly collision of an ...
Key Takeaways From Reagan National Crash Probe: Faulty Altitude Data, Missed Warnings
Transportation safety officials’ hearing reveals new details into what led to the January accident that killed 67 people.
US safety board plans hearing on Army helicopter crash with American Air jet
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a three-day investigative hearing starting July 30 over the fatal ...
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A national safety board made transportation safer and could do the same ...
Barragán’s bill follows a 2014 effort to create a national patient safety board to investigate incidents and make more providers’ safety records publicly available.