By Emily Steel Airline pilots have warned of the potential dangers that helicopters posed in the Washington area before the fatal crash at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night. A database of ...

I would like to add that pilots and controllers are often overloaded. There is a tremendous amount of real-time activity and information flowing when aircraft are in the air. Pilots have their ...

A commercial airline pilot acknowledged this week’s deadly, midair plane collision during a heartfelt “welcome aboard” announcement aimed at comforting nervous passengers on a flight that ...

(WDBJ) - The American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter crash en route to D.C. from Wichita Wednesday is being called the worst American air disaster in a generation. Commercial pilot and ...

Stephanie Wallach, one of the first female airline pilots in the United States, faced both challenges and triumphs throughout her groundbreaking career in a male-dominated industry. Now 78 years ...

He is a former administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and also a formal - former commercial airline pilot. Mr. Babbitt, welcome to the program. RANDY BABBITT: Well, thank you.

“That was the last time I heard from him,” she said. The lives of both airline pilots were cut short, along with all passengers and the three-person crew of the Army helicopter after the two ...

Before the crash, the pilot acknowledged a message from air traffic control warning about a passenger plane in the copter’s flight path. Gaub suggested the helicopter pilot might have been ...

That means the helicopter's pilot requested permission to proceed, taking responsibility to look out for the plane and avoid it. The request was in response to a question by air traffic control ...

Pilots who spoke to USA TODAY say a misinterpretation between the helicopter and air traffic control and limited visibility — possibly from the use of night-vision goggles — may have played roles.

WASHINGTON (AP/Gray News) - President Donald Trump questioned the actions of the helicopter pilot and air traffic controller and cast political blame on the previous Democratic administration ...