Hudson River Crash Air Traffic Controller Failed To Warn Plane That Helicopter Was In Its Path
WASHINGTON (AP) - An air traffic controller making a personal phone call initially failed to warn a small plane of other aircraft in its path and then...
WASHINGTON (AP) - An air traffic controller making a personal phone call initially failed to warn a small plane of other aircraft in its path and then...
AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York
WASHINGTON — A personal phone call and the absence of a supervisor during last week's collision over New York's Hudson River has led to two air ...
AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — It's an eerie underwater world that few people will ever see – an unforgiving morass of mud, rocks and collapsed pilings from o...
Dan Collins | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York
"See and avoid" sounds like a reasonable approach if you're trying to avoid gopher holes during a walk in the garden. For aircraft in New York City, I think we could use something a little more foolproof.
Posted 09.10.2009 | New York
This past weekend's crash between a sightseeing helicopter and a small airplane is a terrible reminder of just how highly trafficked New York's airspa...
AP | TOM HAYS and VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 09.10.2009 | New York
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Hudson River divers on Monday found the wreckage of a small plane and one of two victims missing following a midair collision wi...
AP | Posted 09.10.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — The pilot who radioed a desperate, last-minute warning says a plane that struck a helicopter over the Hudson River "looked like a cru...
AP | Posted 09.09.2009 | New York
HOBOKEN (AP) --The nine victims presumed dead in the midair crash of a tourist helicopter and plane above the Hudson River include five Italian touris...
AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 09.09.2009 | New York
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Divers pulled a helicopter and four more bodies out of the murky Hudson River on Sunday in their search for victims, wreckage an...
AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 09.09.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — Flying a small plane above the Hudson River can feel like ducking into a crowded, urban canyon – with towering skyscrapers on e...
AP/Huffington Post | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 09.08.2009 | New York
UPDATE: Fox news talks with three eyewitness and shows the first images of the crash. NEW YORK -- A small plane collided with a sightseeing he...
Posted 07.10.2009 | Home
In an interview with CBS' the "Early Show," Jeff Skiles, the co-pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, the flight which crash landed in the Hudson River in ...
Michael Markarian | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green
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Huffington Post | Posted 02.22.2009 | Home
Following on the Coast Guard's release last weekend of video footage capturing the crash of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, CBS News has n...
Barbara Gordon | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics
In Bush's farewell address, there was no mention of the heroic efforts of the Hudson River plane crash, and yet speech after speech, he has extolled the exceptional resilience of the American spirit.
Terry Leach | Posted 02.20.2009 | Business
I wonder if Captain "Sully" Sullenberger's colleagues' pensions are secure. Somehow, I doubt it. Although airlines were the companies we used to loved to hate, airline employees are part of the family, too.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics
The saga of Flight 1549 is one crisis-plagued year ending an era of unprecedented corruption with Bush and Madoff leading the way, while a new year begins with hope ushered in by Sully and Obama.
Danny Groner | Posted 02.19.2009 | Media
The photographs taken at the site of the Hudson crash may be the best proof yet that citizen journalism is not only essential, but is here to stay.
Huffington Post | Posted 02.17.2009 | Home
The United States Coast Guard has released absolutely stunning video footage captured by surveillance cameras of the crash of US Airways Flight 1549 i...
AP | DAVID B. CARUSO and VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 02.16.2009 | Home
NEW YORK — Thick mud, menacing currents and bone-chilling temperatures stymied investigators Friday as they scoured the Hudson River for the two...
Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 02.15.2009 | Home
Chesley Sullenberger, known as "Sully," the pilot of the US Airways plane that crashed into the Hudson River is being hailed as a hero for successfull...
Huffington Post | Editors | Posted 02.15.2009 | Home
Updated with photos, video and links.... Read all about the hero pilot Chelsey Sullenberger who saved the lives of 154 people Thursday. UPDATE 1/16...
AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York