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Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Jan. 30. For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane crash ...
Editor's note: This page reflects news from Friday, Jan. 31. For the latest updates on the plane crash, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the investigation on Saturday, Feb. 1. WASHINGTON ...
A preliminary internal FAA report on the collision obtained by The New York Times shows the airport's air traffic control tower was understaffed during the crash and was “not normal for the time ...
Duffy said the move would ensure safety following the mid-air collision between American Airlines flight 5342 en route from Wichita, Kan., and an Army Blackhawk helicopter while the commercial jet ...
The CVR not found at crash site, and investigators could not determine whether the airplane was equipped with one at the time of the crash. [84] 2014-03-08 370: Malaysia Airlines: Boeing 777-200ER: South Indian Ocean: Unknown The plane and all 239 passengers and crew went missing, along with the CVR and FDR. 2014-07-24 5017: Air Algérie ...
The JAL flight was cleared for takeoff at 9:11:08 am EST. At 9:11:36, the tower controller cautioned Flight 587 about potential wake turbulence from a preceding B747. [4]: 2 Flight path Information. At 9:13:28, the A300 was cleared for takeoff and left the runway at 9:14:29, about one minute and 40 seconds after the JAL flight had departed.
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
The air traffic controller on duty at the time of the deadly passenger plane-Black Hawk helicopter crash in Washington, DC, was doing the work of two people, the Federal Aviation Administration said.