The U.S. Army helicopter model that crashed in Washington, D.C. has also crashed in Honduras and an investigation into the ...

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

The radio altimeter on board the Black Hawk at the time of the deadly midair collision read 278 feet, Homendy said. That altimeter uses a radio beam to show the helicopter’s altitude above ...

National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said the recording from the Black Hawk helicopter cockpit suggests the crew may have missed the key instruction just before the Jan ...

The agency says the approved helicopter route is too close to the approach to the runway where an American Eagle plane was ...

The National Transportation Safety Board says altimeter in the Black Hawk helicopter may have malfunctioned before the DCA mid-air collision with... Altimeter in Black Hawk helicopter may have ...