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

The Sikorsky UH-60 "Black Hawk" is far from a luxury aircraft. Unlike the sleekly designed S-76B, the Black Hawk is rugged and multifunctional. The U.S. Army has used the Black Hawk in its fleet for ...

“You have six to seven radios to mess with,” said retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Darin Gaub, who flew Black Hawk helicopters for 22 years. “You're using everything. And by the way, you’re ...

The Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Eagle flight over the Potomac River late last month was flying with a safety system turned off, Sen. Ted Cruz told reporters Thursday ...

In scanning In the days following the deadly midair collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport, Col. Tim Zerbe, the State Army Aviation ...

The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger ... The plane's altitude suggests the Army helicopter was flying above 200 feet − the maximum altitude for the route it was using.

The helicopter was traveling along Route 1, a stretch of the Potomac River frequently flown by Army Black Hawk helicopters. The Federal Aviation Administration has now restricted air traffic along ...

flying an Army Black Hawk. “She was an aviator, not a female aviator,” said Warrant Officer 1 Jasmine Johnson, a North Carolina National Guard Apache helicopter pilot who was in the R.O.T.C. w ...

The NTSB has suggested that the Black Hawk crew may have missed a key instruction from air traffic controllers before the ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday said the Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into a PSA Airlines CRJ700 airliner on Jan. 29, killing 67, was flying too high.