Federal crash investigators have said a helicopter route used by an Army Black Hawk for training when it crashed midair with a passenger aircraft over Washington, D.C., in late January, killing all ...

The U.S. Army helicopter model that crashed in Washington, D.C. has also crashed in Honduras and an investigation into the ...

The commercial variant of the helicopter — the Sikorsky Black Hawk S-70 — which has a maximum gross weight (GW) of 22,000 lb, ...

The radio altimeter on board the Black Hawk at the time of the deadly midair collision read 278 feet, Homendy said. That altimeter uses a radio beam to show the helicopter’s altitude above ...

The National Transportation Safety Board gave an update on its investigation into the deadly midair collision between an ...

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 ...

In a normal landing, a crew would land the Black Hawk’s two main wheels and one tail wheel evenly on the platform. But there was no room for the tail wheel on the train. As the helicopter’s ...

Washington, DC (CNN) — 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 ...