What to know about the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter involved in D.C. crash
For many, the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, like the one involved in the Wednesday collision over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is familiar for one reason: the 2001 movie "Black Hawk Down ," based on the 1993 shooting down of U.S. Black Hawk helicopters during the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia.
Black Hawk involved in PSA Airlines crash was conducting a night proficiency flight
The crew of a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk that fatally struck a commercial airliner was assigned to a Virginia-based VIP transport unit and was performing an annual night proficiency flight at the time of the incident.
A Black Hawk helicopter can transport up to "12 fully equipped, seated troops in combat," according to Lockheed Martin, the ...
The location where a PSA Airlines MHIRJ CRJ700 struck a US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on 29 January is a busy ...
The Army helicopter and regional American Airlines jet that collided over Washington are both workhorse aircraft that operate ...
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WATCH: The NTSB shares the latest on its crash investigationThe National Transportation Safety Board will hold a news conference Friday to share the latest on a deadly midair collision that occurred Wednesday night. The crash ...
A former helicopter pilot familiar with the incident area says city lights, crowded airspace and the use of night vision ...
Trump said that he based his claims that the crash could be blamed on diversity policies within the FAA on his "common sense.
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'Water intrusion' on pilot voice recorder blocks NTSB from downloading pilot voice recorder after deadly crashThe National Transportation Safety Board said during a press conference that the audio boxes of both the American Airlines pilot and Black Hawk chopper had audio boxes recovered in the horrific mid-ai ...
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BREAKING: Salvage barges en route to 'work with coroner's office' to recover wreckage and remains after deadly mid-air collisionThe National Transportation Safety Board held a press conference to update on their investigation into the cause of the ...
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