The National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter’s cockpit voice recorder didn’t capture key directions from air-traffic control just before the collision.
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Black Hawk crew in fatal DC collision might not have heard crucial tower instruction, NTSB says
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Black Hawk crew in DC crash may have missed key air traffic messages
The National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter’s cockpit voice recorder didn’t capture key directions from air-traffic control just before the collision.
Seventeen seconds before the deadly Jan. 29 crash, which killed all 67 people aboard both flights, the Black Hawk was directed to pass behind the passenger jet, NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said at a news conference.
The National Transportation Safety Board gave an update on its investigation into the deadly midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk helicopter.
The NTSB said the Army Black Hawk crew may not have heard a message to "pass behind" the D.C.-bound passenger plane before the Jan. 29 midair crash over the Potomac River.
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