That altimeter uses a radio beam to show the helicopter’s altitude above ground level, but it may not have been what the pilots of the helicopter were referencing at the time of the crash ...

on January 29, indicated the helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate and the pilots may not have heard some calls from the Reagan National Airport control tower, officials said.

Investigators are releasing new details about what happened in the seconds leading up to the deadly D.C. plane crash — and say that the Black Hawk helicopter crew may have missed instructions from air ...

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 ...

The helicopter pilots also may have missed part of another communication, when the tower said the jet was shifting to a different runway, she said. Homendy said the helicopter was on a check ...

"[Sam] was doing great in his career," Timothy Lilley, a former Army helicopter pilot, told Fox News Digital. "He was doing great in his personal life, he was set to be married." Timothy Lilley ...

The helicopter pilots may have also missed part of another communication when the tower said the jet was turning toward a different runway, she said. Ms. Homendy said the helicopter was on a ...