Furthermore, the Black Hawk pilots may have had “bad data” on the altitude they were flying at ... the Black Hawk had been flying too high.
The investigation into the fatal DC plane crash has not yet blamed the Army Blackhawk helicopter but ... But what prompted the helicopter to change its altitude is not yet known.
Radar data collected by the control tower at Reagan Washington National Airport put the altitude of the Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk helicopter at 300 feet, though that data is rounded to the nearest ...
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 ...
The victims were killed Wednesday night when a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter operated by ... 100 feet higher than its allowed altitude. The collision occurred between 300 to 350 feet.
While the NTSB confirmed the Black Hawk was flying too high at a radio altitude of 278 feet, the agency also noted the barometric altimeters in the cockpit may have been showing the crew a ...
Furthermore, the Black Hawk pilots may have had “bad data” on the altitude they were flying at ... the Black Hawk had been flying too high.