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Chopper involved in Washington DC mid-air collision may have missed air traffic control instructions: Officials

The National Transportation Safety Board chair, Jennifer Homendy, told reporters that the recording from the Black Hawk helicopter cockpit suggested the crew may have missed the key instruction Authorities with the NTSB, in coordination with SUPSALV, recover the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, along the Potomac River, in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 6, 2025. @NTSB_Newsroom via X Authorities investigating the Washington …

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American Airlines jet collision: Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instructions from tower

The Hindu

The crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport may have had inaccurate altitude readings in the moments before the crash, and also may not have heard key instructions from air traffic controllers to move behind the plane, investigators said Friday. National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer …

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Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says

LA Times

The crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport may have had inaccurate altitude readings in the moments before the crash, and also may not have heard key instructions from air traffic controllers to move behind the plane, according to investigators. National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer …

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Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport may have had inaccurate altitude readings in the moments before the crash, and also may not have heard key instructions from air traffic controllers to move behind the plane, investigators said Friday. National Transportation Safety Board …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

28 agencies were authorized to fly helicopters near Reagan Airport before deadly crash

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Army was one of 28 government agencies authorized to fly helicopters near Ronald Reagan National Airport before its Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet last week, killing 67. In addition, the unit has six newer UH-60M models known as “gold tops.” NTSB: Night vision goggles likely used The crew was likely wearing night …

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1 year ago

With night vision goggles and AR-style rifles, 2 men went to the Mojave and shot up wild burros

LA Times

Two men who used short-barreled rifles to kill three wild burros in the Mojave Desert in 2021 pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges, prosecutors said. Cameron John Feikema, 36, of Yorba Linda, and Christopher James Arnet, 32, of Loveland, Colo., each pleaded guilty to a felony count of possession of an unregistered firearm and a misdemeanor count of maliciously …

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1 year, 3 months ago

How Ukrainian special forces secured a critical Dnipro River crossing in southern Ukraine

Associated Press

KHERSON, Ukraine — Their first battle plan was outdated the moment the dam crumbled. A Ukraine Special Operations Forces soldier walks through water on the shores of the Dnipro River using night vision goggles, or NVG, during a night mission in Kherson region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 11, 2023. A Ukraine Special Operations Forces soldier navigates the Dnipro River using night …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Valour and prestige — the world of special operations

The Hindu

The evacuation of 121 Indians from Wadi Seidna, north of Khartoum in Sudan, in the dead of night, using an Indian Air Force C-130J Super Hercules, has been lauded all round. The impact of Kandahar During the ‘Kandahar’ incident of December 24, 1999, when an Indian Airlines flight IC-814 was hijacked while on a flight from Kathmandu to New Delhi …

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1 year, 10 months ago

'How's the Josh?', asks Muraleedharan as Air Force pilots use night vision goggles to land in Sudan

India TV News

Amid the tense situation in Sudan, a C-130J heavy-lift aircraft of the Indian Air Force rescued 121 people from a small airstrip at Wadi Sayyidna-- which is about 40 km north of the Sudanese capital city-- Khartoum. Air Force pilots use night vision goggles to land in Sudan Despite the airstrip in Sudan's Wadi Seidna having no navigational approach, aids …

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8 years, 3 months ago

Dutch soldiers on Mali mission stuck in camp due to lack of materials

NL Times

Some of the new Dutch soldiers who recently joined the UN mission in Mali, can not go out on patrol due to a shortage in materials, AD reports after visiting the soldiers over Christmas. A lack of night vision goggles and so-called jammers, used to disrupt the working of roadside bombs, are a problem in particular, according to the newspaper. …

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Chopper involved in Washington DC mid-air collision may have missed air traffic control instructions: Officials

American Airlines jet collision: Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instructions from tower

Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says

Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says

28 agencies were authorized to fly helicopters near Reagan Airport before deadly crash

With night vision goggles and AR-style rifles, 2 men went to the Mojave and shot up wild burros

How Ukrainian special forces secured a critical Dnipro River crossing in southern Ukraine

Valour and prestige — the world of special operations

'How's the Josh?', asks Muraleedharan as Air Force pilots use night vision goggles to land in Sudan

Dutch soldiers on Mali mission stuck in camp due to lack of materials