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Narrow Avoidance: Southwest Flight's Close Call at Chicago Midway
A Southwest Airlines flight narrowly avoided a collision at Chicago Midway Airport on February 25. The incident involved a ...
Aviation Week2d
Reagan National Midair Collision Probe Spotlights FAA Risk Analysis
The NTSB review found that from 2011 through 2024, commercial aircraft received an average of one traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) resolution advisory (RA) per month due to conflicts with ...
‘Intolerable Risk’: NTSB Finds Long Pattern Of Close Calls With Helicopters At D.C.’s Reagan National Airport
Six weeks after 67 people perished in a D.C. midair collision, the NTSB’s preliminary report exposes a history of near misses ...
USA Today7d
Fatal crash near DCA exposes alarming risks of helicopter routes in commercial airspace
The PSA flight received a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) warning seconds before impact, but it was too ...
Aviation Week Network6d
NTSB Urges FAA To Issue Helo Traffic Ban At Washington Airport
The NTSB is urging the FAA to take steps to ensure helicopter traffic is never permitted to cross arrival and departure paths ...
Military.com7d
Route Used by Army Black Hawk During Deadly Collision Was Far Too Risky, Safety Officials Say
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 ...
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Preventing Drone and Helicopter Collisions in Dense, Low-Altitude Operations
Ciconia’s Coordination & Collision Avoidance System (C&CAS) enables safe drone and helicopter operations by reducing collision risks.
Ban extended on helicopter route involved in deadly D.C. midair collision after NTSB warns of "serious safety risk"
The NTSB issued its preliminary report on the midair collision between a passenger plane and helicopter over Washington, D.C.
Kiggans introduces legislation to equip military helicopters with modern collision avoidance systems in wake of DC plane crash
Kiggans and Congressman Tom Barrett introduced a bill to boost military helicopter safety tech after the deadly D.C. crash.
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Safety board calls for helicopter ban on certain routes near DC airport: ‘Intolerable risk’
The collision sent both aircraft plunging into the Potomac River ... What’s more, at least one traffic alert and collision avoidance system was triggered per month from 2011 to 2024 due to ...
Helicopter routes permanently restricted around D.C. airport after deadly mid-air crash
Between 2011 and 2024, the NTSB found that at least one Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) alert was triggered per month due to helicopters flying too close to airplanes. In more than half of ...