What stood out to Rainen was that the military’s Black Hawk helicopter was at the altitude of American Airlines flight 5342 ...

The plane's altitude suggests the Army ... "If they did have night goggles on, why are they flying at 9 o'clock when DCA is so busy?" Duffy said. "They should be flying at 1 o'clock in the ...

The military helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight over Washington, DC, was flying nearly twice as high ...

Radio traffic shows the air traffic controller did confirm with the helicopter that it had the airplane in sight two ...

The plane's altitude suggests the Army helicopter was flying above 200 feet − the maximum altitude for the route it was using.

The Army was one of 28 government agencies authorized to fly helicopters near Ronald Reagan National Airport before its Black ...

There are a number of optical illusions that pilots have to account for when flying at night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration’s airplane flying handbook. The handbook recommends ...