The NTSB briefed reporters today on information obtained from the black box of the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines regional jet killing all 67 people on board the two ...

The NTSB is investigating whether the Black Hawk pilots received a key radio transmission from air traffic control due to a stepped-on message. The Black Hawk pilot was undergoing a check ride and ...

The NTSB took over the investigation shortly after the incident and offered its first press conference on the incident in nearly two weeks on Friday. National Transportation Safety Board ...

The NTSB said that after the jet turned to make its final approach, and the plane was lined up for the runway, the pilots received an automated collision avoidance warning, indicating there was ...

During an investigation update on 14 February, NTSB officials say they are yet unable to determine what altitude was shown on the Black Hawk’s altimeters because that data was not captured by ...

The helicopter crew may have had bad information on the altitude from their altimeter, as the pilots had differing altitudes in the seconds before the crash, the NTSB said. Emergency response ...

The NTSB is investigating that discrepancy. The tower then directed the Black Hawk to "pass behind the CRJ." Data reviewed by the NTSB suggests the Black Hawk crew may not have received a portion ...

Jennifer Homendy, NTSB’s chairman, said Friday that “ ‘pass behind the’ may not have been received by the crew,” based on its review of the Black Hawk’s cockpit voice recorder ...