A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision ...

Barometric altimeters are most common, and measure altitude above sea level using atmospheric pressure. Modern commercial ...

but I want to caution that does not mean that's what the Black Hawk crew was seeing on the barometric altimeters in the cockpit,” she said. “We are seeing conflicting information in the data ...

FreeFlight Systems has achieved a significant milestone with the receipt of a Supplement Type Certificate (STC) for its 5G ...

The Black Hawk helicopter may have been flying with “bad data” and didn’t hear all air traffic control instructions before colliding with a passenger plane, officials said.

The helicopter was supposed to be no higher than 200 feet. However, Homendy says it's unclear whether the altimeters in the helicopter were showing the pilots the proper altitude. She says ...

In the weeks since the crash, the NTSB has been analyzing flight data and damage to determine how this happened.

Evaluating the altimeters themselves and determining their independent functionality will be another piece of the puzzle. They’ll also review engineering documentation to understand how “bad ...

NTSB's Friday briefing about the fatal midair collision near DCA highlighted ongoing investigations into potential radio ...

“I want to caution that does not mean that that’s what the Black Hawk crew was seeing on the barometric altimeters in the cockpit. We are seeing conflicting information on the data, which is ...