The pilots of the US Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines Group Inc. regional jet near Washington last week were likely wearing night-vision goggles at the time of the accident.

We knew better,” he recalled. Hamilton is part of fewer than 2% of black military combat helicopter pilots who served in Vietnam. “The Tuskegee Airmen, there were approximately 1,000 pilots.

“The accident involved one ground crew while the helicopter pilot is reported to be safe,” CAAM said in a media statement. It said the last communication reported by the operator was at 10.18am to the ...

A funeral was held Tuesday in Brooklyn for Jonathan Campos, the American Airlines pilot who was killed when a military helicopter crashed into a plane he was flying over the Potomac River last month.

Dr. Kamin Samuel, the first African American woman to be a helicopter pilot in the US Navy, joins Lisa Dent. Dr. Samuel shares her journey to becoming a pilot and advises women to showcase their ...

underprivileged and need-based students that aim to become trained helicopter pilots, according to a news release from the statement. The statement said that Airbus Helicopters is a leading ...

but Flexjet has a long history of safety and requires its helicopter pilots to have at least 3,000 hours of flight experience. The Sikorsky helicopters also require two pilots instead of one.

False. The pilot was not Jo Ellis. AAP FACTCHECK - Misinformation about a deadly collision between a passenger jet and a US Army helicopter over Washington DC, including false claims about the ...

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The system includes a display showing pilots where other aircraft are in the sky or on a runway. The helicopter was on a routine training mission when it collided with the airliner, which was ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat from Illinois and a former Army helicopter pilot, also noted the questions surrounding the safety system. "What we don't know ... whether or not the helicopter ...