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How Common Are Plane Crashes (On Average) In 2025?
A few fatal plane crashes have made big news in early 2025, but has flying really become more dangerous? Here are the numbers ...
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Video: Pentagon failure exposed by FAA after deadly DC plane crash
A communication hotline between the Pentagon and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has not been operational since ...
Visualizing airplane safety: Are close calls and crashes really that common?
Is it less safe to fly now than before? Let’s look at the data. In the US, the National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, ...
Pentagon lost contact with Army helicopter on flight that caused jets to nix landings at DC airport
The Army is telling The Associated Press that military air traffic controllers lost contact with an Army helicopter for about ...
FAA: Army helicopter taking ‘scenic route’ near Reagan National forces two passenger jets to shift course
An Army helicopter flying in the D.C. airspace Thursday forced two commercial passenger jets inbound to Ronald Reagan ...
Seconds Before D.C. Plane Crash Killed 67, Army Pilot Was Told to Turn Away from Passenger Jet
Questions are again being raised about the conduct of an Army helicopter pilot whose Black Hawk collided with a passenger jet ...
Misplaced antenna caused military controllers to lose contact with Black Hawk near DCA: report
A temporary control tower error caused an Army helicopter to lose contact, prompting two commercial planes to perform ...
Military reports a loss of contact with helicopter
Military air traffic controllers lost contact with an Army helicopter for about 20 seconds as it neared the Pentagon on the ...
After fatal crash, proposed law would ban tourist helicopter flights around NYC
New Jersey and New York congressional members have proposed a bill that would ban “non-essential” helicopter flights like the ...
Weather and night vision goggles were likely factors in Marine Corps helicopter crash, report finds
The limits of night vision goggles also have been identified as a potential factor in the fatal collision of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet near Reagan Washington National Airport ...