Boyd Group International President and aviation expert Mike Boyd discusses the FAA's role in the plane crash near Reagan National Airport as the investigation transitions into a recovery mission. An American Airlines flight operated by PSA Airlines was involved in a midair collision with an Ar...
That is chilling to contemplate, though not nearly as upsetting as thinking about the 67 lives lost and how close the 64 passengers and crew on AA 5342 were to wheels down on that runway1. The first fatal crash of a U.S. airline since February of 2009–and the first involving National...
helicopters and airplanes would not be permitted to share air space over the Potomac near the busy Reagan Washington National Airport. Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are trying to determine whether the Black Hawk was too high at the time of the crash, among other factor...