Go-arounds, diversions and other flight disruptions are perfectly safe | Cruising Altitude
Procedures like go-arounds, diversions and holding patterns may be unnerving for flyers, but they're routine and meant to ...
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Investigations don't undo air crashes but they prevent tragic repeats | Cruising Altitude
Every plane crash is a tragic loss, but the aviation industry as a whole makes sure to improve after each one.
Experts ask why Black Hawk helicopter may have been flying above allowed altitude before crash
This data point is one of several key mysteries investigators are exploring as they seek to explain what caused the nation's ...
Military Investigation Centers on Helicopter Altitude, Air Traffic Communications
The initial focus of the military investigation is on the altitude of the helicopter at the time of the crash and the ...
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DC plane crash data show conflicting altitude readings from American Airlines jet and military helicopter
However, data gathered from the air traffic control tower read that the military helicopter was flying at an altitude of about 200ft upon colliding with the commercial plane. The approximate 100ft ...
Helicopter in DC plane crash was flying twice as high as it should have, lacked new tech as FAA nixes all chopper traffic near collision site
The military helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight over Washington, DC, was flying nearly twice as high ...
Latest radar evidence suggests Black Hawk in DC disaster was flying too high, but NTSB wants more proof
Newly released data from ground-based radar came out Tuesday suggesting an Army helicopter was higher than it was supposed to ...
Black Hawk helicopter was flying too high before DC midair crash with American Airlines flight, NTSB confirms
Data from air traffic control radar showed the military chopper was flying at 300 feet on the air traffic control display at ...
Data Suggests Another Army Helicopter Flew Above D.C. Maximum Altitude Before Crash
Flight data posted online appears to show another Army helicopter flying higher than the maximum altitude allowed around ...
Investigation into deadly midair collision focuses on helicopter flight
What happened inside the Army Black Hawk helicopter in the moments before the fatal crash is key to unraveling the disaster ...
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NTSB confirms Black Hawk helicopter was flying 100 feet over altitude limit
The Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines passenger plane was flying too high, according to the ...
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Investigations don't undo air crashes but they prevent tragic repeats | Cruising Altitude
flying will inevitably be made even safer. (This story was updated to correct a misspelling/typo.) Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and writes the Cruising Altitude column for USA TODAY.