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Mar 11

WATCH: NTSB recommends ban on some helicopter flights near Washington airport after deadly midair collision

By Josh Funk, John Seewer, Associated Press

National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said that under the current practice helicopters and planes can be as close as 75 feet apart from each other during landing.

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Feb 26

Aviation disasters and close calls have people worried about flying

By Josh Funk, Associated Press

All the recent aviation disasters and close calls definitely have people worried about the safety of flying.

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Feb 25

Midair collisions and near misses raise questions about air traffic control towers

By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

Do more U.S. airports need control towers? That's one of the questions that has arisen following a midair collision at an airport in southern Arizona last week.

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Feb 20

Trump considering buying used planes to serve as Air Force One amid Boeing delays

By Associated Press

President Trump says he's considering buying used Boeing aircraft to use as Air Force One as he fumes over the U.S. plane-maker’s delays in producing two specially modified ones for presidential use.

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Feb 03

WATCH: Aircraft wreckage removed from Potomac after D.C. plane collision

By David R. Martin, Michael R. Sisak, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press

Salvage crews have recovered an engine and large pieces of fuselage and are working to retrieve a wing from the wreckage of a commercial airliner involved in last week's midair collision near Washington’s Reagan National Airport, officials said Monday.

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Feb 01

Watch 5:41
Former FAA administrator discusses the current state of aviation safety

By John Yang, Harry Zahn, Juliet Fuisz

There’s been another fatal plane crash, this one in Philadelphia, as officials are still investigating Wednesday’s deadly mid-air collision in Washington, D.C. that claimed 67 lives. Randy Babbitt, a former FAA administrator and commercial airline pilot, joins John Yang to…

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Feb 01

Did Trump’s firing of aviation officials contribute to the D.C. crash? Experts say it’s unlikely

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero, PolitiFact

Aviation experts said there was little that Trump did that could have precipitated the crash between a commercial jet and a military helicopter. There was simply too little time — less than 10 days after Trump was sworn in —…

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Jan 31

Watch 8:04
Helicopter flights heavily restricted near Washington airport after mid-air collision

By John Yang, Geoff Bennett, Winston Wilde, Azhar Merchant

Helicopter flights are restricted near Washington's Reagan National Airport as investigators search for clues into what might have caused Wednesday night's deadly midair collision between a commercial jet and an Army helicopter. John Yang reports on the latest and Geoff…

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Jan 31

A quick guide to the NTSB as it investigates the D.C. plane collision

By Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people brought renewed focus on the federal agency charged with investigating aviation disasters. National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer…

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Jan 30

Watch 7:57
What investigators revealed about the jet and helicopter collision in D.C. that killed 67

By John Yang, Courtney Norris, Jackson Hudgins, Veronica Vela

Investigators are trying to determine why a U.S. Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet collided in the air as the plane was trying to land in Washington. Officials believe everyone on board both aircraft died when they crashed…

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