Both American Airlines Pilots Were Longtime Fliers
Both the captain, Jonathan J. Campos, 34, and co-pilot, Sam Lilley, 28, had been flying for years, according to family and ...
Washington, DC, plane crash thrusts high-stakes role of air traffic control into the spotlight
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an ex-Army Black Hawk pilot, said communications between airline and military pilots usually go through ...
Deadly mid-air collision renews urgent questions about near-misses, air safety
There have been a number of close calls around the country in recent years that concerned aviation experts and officials.
American Airlines jet pilot graduated from Daytona Beach flight school
Channel 9 has obtained information that Captain Jonathan Campos trained at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona ...
Pilot in deadly D.C. plane, helicopter crash was a Central Florida university graduate, officials say
Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78 Here’s Why Flight Attendants Might Sit on Their Hands During Takeoff and ...
Expert speaks out on D.C. crash, air traffic congestion could have played factor in collision
A former Delta Airlines pilot says it's difficult for pilots to land at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Training partner of the American Airlines pilot speaks after deadly passenger jet, helicopter crash
Channel 9 has learned that First Officer Samuel Lilley trained at the ATP Flight School In Daytona Beach from 2020 to 2022.
Captain Sully, Miracle On The Hudson Pilot, Reacts to ‘Catastrophic’ American Airlines Crash In D.C.
Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger, the pilot who safely landed a passenger plane on the Hudson River in 2009, has weighed in on ...
D.C. Plane Crash Puts Spotlight on History of ‘Near Misses’ in the U.S.
The fatal D.C. plane crash has renewed focus on the recent history of crashes and near misses in U.S. airspace.
Air traffic controller was doing the job of two people during crash, FAA says
The air traffic controller working at the time of the deadly plane-helicopter crash in Washington was doing the work of two ...
Flight 5342 captain in the Washington DC plane crash has Florida ties. What we know
The captain flying the plane with 64 aboard was schooled in Florida. A Blackhawk helicopter collided with Flight 5342 near ...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Plane crashes that stunned our city
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found no evidence of foul play and blamed the crash on errors by the pilot, who failed to retract the plane’s spoilers, or air brakes, at the critical ...