The passenger jet had been cleared for takeoff by the tower’s local controller, while the helicopter had received the go-ahead from another controller staffing the helicopter position.

Just before the crash, an air traffic controller asked the helicopter if the arriving plane was in its sight, according to audio obtained by the Associated Press. The controller made another radio ...

Additional air traffic control audio shortly before the collision captures the helicopter pilot saying, “PAT 2-5 has aircraft in sight, request visual separation.”Less than 13 seconds later ...

new video loaded: Listen: Air Traffic Control Warns Helicopter of Nearby Jet Before Collision Listen to the air traffic control at Ronald Reagan National Airport speak to the Army helicopter ...

The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines plane was alerted to the plane’s presence by air control twice, the first time at least two minutes before the deadly crash ...