The commercial variant of the helicopter — the Sikorsky Black Hawk S-70 — which has a maximum gross weight (GW) of 22,000 lb, ...

The 129th RQW, located at Moffett ANG Base, Mountain View, has now received the first two new HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters to replace its current ...

Before the collision, ATC instructed the helicopter to maintain visual separation and to pass behind the inbound jet—important instructions that the Black Hawk crew seems not to have heard.

Washington, DC (CNN) — A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision with a commercial flight over Washington ...

The crew of an Army Black Hawk helicopter might not have heard key instructions from air traffic control before a collision with a passenger jet over the Potomac River on Jan. 29, the National ...

Homendy says some radio transmissions between the air traffic controller and the Black Hawk crew weren't fully heard by the pilots of the helicopter either. She says at least one transmission ...

Homendy says some radio transmissions between the air traffic controller and the Black Hawk crew weren't fully heard by the pilots of the helicopter either. She says at least one transmission — the ...

NTSB chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said the collision between the helicopter and the "CRJ" airplane happened at 278 feet above the river. The helicopter was supposed to be no higher than 200 feet.