The tragic mid-air collision between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., raises many questions about what led to the disaster and how it could have been prevented. Virginia Tech aerospace engineer Ella Atkins provides expert opinions based on the information available so far about the crash at Reagan National Airport.
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Virginia Tech aviation experts available to speak about DC plane crash
Tombo Jones, Director of the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership Topics he can speak on: Procedures for multiple aircraft flying under the control of an air traffic control tower How a Blackhawk is crewed – he flew that aircraft for…