Sen. Tammy Duckworth, former Black Hawk pilot, on flying in area where crash occurred
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a former Blackhawk pilot, talked with CBS News' Nikole Killion about the midair collision of a plane and Blackhawk helicopter.
‘Not the time for speculation,’ Illinois senator says after deadly plane crash
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth is a former military helicopter pilot and chair of the Senate committee on aviation safety.
Washington, DC, plane crash thrusts high-stakes role of air traffic control into the spotlight
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an ex-Army Black Hawk pilot, said communications between airline and military pilots usually go through ...
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Duckworth Confronts Commerce Nominee: "Will You Commit to Following the Law or Trump’s Orders?"
Senator Tammy Duckworth questioned Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick on whether he would follow an illegal order from ...
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‘Goddamn, do something’ — years of warnings came before DC’s air tragedy
The United States’ worst aviation tragedy in more than two decades followed years of alarms about the nation’s hallowed air-safety system — and a series of close calls before luck finally ...
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Washington, DC, plane crash thrusts high-stakes role of air traffic control into the spotlight
Tammy Duckworth, a former Black Hawk pilot ... and the crew confirmed "at least twice" that they had the jet in sight before the crash. She added that the American flight was cleared to land ...
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Army withholds name of Black Hawk helicopter crew in D.C. crash, 2 others identified
At the request of the family, the Army is not going to release the name of the female member of the Black Hawk crew killed in ...
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Third Black Hawk crew member involved in deadly crash near DC airport identified
Officials said the tower at Reagan National Airport alerted the Black Hawk to the presence of American Eagle Flight 5342 on two occasions: once two minutes before the crash, the second one just 12 ...