NTSB releases new details on D.C. midair collision – CBS News Watch CBS News The National Transportation Safety Board Friday laid out new details on its investigation into a midair collision between an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter last month which killed 67 people. The NTSB said the chopper may not have…
How a D.C. school is working to reverse pandemic learning loss – CBS News Watch CBS News Five years after the COVID pandemic forced millions of kids out of their classrooms, many student have yet to catch up. The average learner is still nearly half a grade behind in reading and math, one reason for…
Crew members on board the passenger jet that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter and crashed two weeks ago near Washington, D.C., have been awarded posthumous honors by the regional airline that operated their plane. American Eagle Flight 5342 plunged into the Potomac River on the night of Jan. 29, carrying 60 passengers and four…
More of the wreckage of an American Airlines regional plane was recovered Tuesday from last week’s deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C., that sent the airliner and an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashing into the Potomac River. One of the pieces recovered Tuesday showed a portion of the American Eagle logo from the flight that…
The wreckage of the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River after colliding with an Army Black Hawk helicopter last week over Washington, D.C., was being removed from the water on Monday. Crews spent the weekend positioning cranes and other key equipment to begin removing the wreckage. “Our goal is to really lift…
NTSB investigators recover black box from Army helicopter in D.C. midair collision – CBS Chicago Watch CBS News Families of people who died in the collision between the helicopter and a passenger plane viewed the crash site Sunday. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not…
The deadliest week in U.S. aviation since Nov. 2001 – CBS News Watch CBS News On Friday night, a small medical jet carrying a young girl who’d just completed treatment at Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia was going home to Mexico when something went terribly wrong right after takeoff. The crash of the Learjet 55, which…
The U.S. Army has identified Captain Rebecca M. Lobach as one of the three soldiers aboard a Black Hawk helicopter involved in a deadly midair collision near Washington D.C. The Context The crash, which occurred on January 29 near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, claimed the lives of 67 people, including Lobach and two fellow…
One of three soldiers aboard a Black Hawk helicopter that was involved in the deadly midair collision with an American Airlines flight Wednesday near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., was identified Saturday by the Army as 28-year-old Capt. Rebecca Lobach. The Army said Lobach had served as an aviation officer in the Army since…
Father of Black Hawk pilot killed in crash recalls learning of tragedy on news – CBS News Watch CBS News Among the D.C. crash victims was Staff Sergeant Ryan O’Hara, the crew chief on the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines passenger plane. Mark Strassmann spoke to his grieving father. Be the…