The National Transportation Safety Board was scheduled to provide an update on Thursday on the deadly airplane-helicopter crash over Washington, D.C. Watch live at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30 in the video player above.
CBS News confirmed only one air traffic control worker was managing the helicopters when the crash between a military helicopter and passenger plane occurred in Washington D.C. That is a job normally done by two people.
The National Transportation Safety Board held a press briefing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on the fatal collision involving a passenger jet and a military Black Hawk helicopter. Lindsay Reiser anchored CBS News' special report.
More than 60 people were killed when an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said Thursday at a press conference that “we look at facts on our investigation and that will take some time.”
Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.
The leadership of the National Transportation Safety Board held a news conference Thursday afternoon to talk about the investigation into a midair collision involving a commuter jet
The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into Wednesday night's midair collision between an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter. Former NTSB Chair Robert Sumwalt,
The National Transportation Safety Board will be holding its first briefing into the investigation of the deadly American Airlines plane crash in Washington, DC. Click to watch.
Jennifer L. Homendy, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said the probe will focus on several factors: “the human, the machine and the environment.”
Facing his first crisis just two days into the job, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy touted reforms sought by the president, who has lambasted DEI policies.
The airport’s website, flycha.com, now features a new Kayak tool called FlyMyAirport, which allows people to search and purchase tickets on the Chattanooga Airport’s website between any cities. The push has already helped raise immediate seat purchases by 42 percent, the marketing team told the group.