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NTSB chair blasts FAA over deadly DC crash: 'Are you kidding me? 67 people are dead'
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) criticized the Federal Aviation Administration for not "taking ownership" in the deadly Black Hawk helicopter collision with a passenger jet near Washington Reagan National Airport in January.
NTSB hearings on DCA crash might lead to major changes for US aviation system
The NTSB is now reviewing three days of testimony from last week’s public hearings into the Jan. 29 midair collision near Reagan National Airport.
Final day of NTSB hearing on DC midair collision: investigators press for answers on what could have prevented crash
The National Transportation Safety Board questioned witnesses Friday on collision avoidance technology and organizational systems to manage risk. It is the third and final day of investigative hearings probing January’s midair collision between a US Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet,
NTSB criticizes Army, FAA for deadly DC midair plane crash | Morning in America
The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday opened a three-day hearing into the deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C., that killed all 67 aboard a passenger jet and military helicopter.
FAA faces scrutiny in NTSB hearings on deadly midair collision
"I am so infuriated by this and the sad part is I don't know how it's going to get fixed," said Bob Collins, who lost his son in the January crash.
NTSB concluded 3 days of DC crash hearings on Friday
An air traffic manager said the deadly mid-air collision at Reagan Airport in January was years in the making.
5 takeaways from the NTSB’s hearings on the January DCA midair collision
Last week, the NTSB held three days of hearings looking into what led up to the fatal crash between a plane and a helicopter in January.
Deadly DC plane crash was years in the making, air traffic manager tells NTSB
The deadly mid-air collision at Reagan Airport in January was years in the making, the operations manager of the DCA air traffic control tower on the night of the accident told the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday.

FAA, Illinois Senate and Airplane evacuation

NTSB hearing reveals air traffic controllers should have warned passenger plane about helicopter before collision, but didn’t
The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of ...
NTSB criticizes FAA for failing to act before fatal Army helicopter collision
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized U.S. officials for failing to act before the January ...
She 'was a real person': Mom of crash victim speaks out as FAA faces scrutiny
As hearings unfold into the fatal January plane-helicopter collision near D.C., investigators say the FAA ignored clear ...
Worries over military chopper routes, FAA staffing levels emerge as factors in midair crash inquiry
Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal ...
FAA, NTSB arrive on Block Island to investigate plane crash
Sophia Szabo reports from Block Island, where a 77-year-old man was killed and two other people were injured when a small ...
Tensions Flare Between Two Federal Agencies Charged With Aviation Safety
A marathon of recent public hearings highlighted a rift over the investigation into the fatal midair crash in January between ...