That's why the Apache helicopter has wire cutters in the front. Not a set of wire cutters in the cockpit, but a Wire Strike Protection System (a name trademarked by Magellan Aerospace ).

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The yaw string is a basic instrument with one end attached to the front of a helicopter or a glider, while the other end of the string is free to move according to the aircraft's motion.

From the perspective of the helicopter cockpit, the lights of the incoming American Airlines jet could have also been obscured by the glow of the city skyline, pilots said.

Recording suggests incomplete radio transmission might have left Black Hawk helicopter crew without understanding of how it should shift position before crash.

On Jan. 29, an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided as the plane prepared to land at Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.

A 3-D model created by The Times visualizes the helicopter pilots’ field of view minutes before a fatal crash with a jet in Washington. By Helmuth Rosales, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Mika Gröndahl and ...

On Jan. 29, an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided as the plane prepared to land at Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.