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NTSB: Black Hawk crew likely wore night vision goggles before midair collision, visibility issues cited by pilots for years
The findings come after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) acknowledged Friday that the Army Black Hawk ...
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Army Officials Say Helicopter Pilots Were Likely Wearing Night-Vision Goggles
Army officials said Thursday the pilots of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that collided with the American Airlines jet had night-vision goggles and likely were wearing them at the time of the crash.
D.C. Crash May Have Been Due to Helicopter Pilot’s Night Vision Goggles
The pilot of the military helicopter that collided into an American Airlines flight was wearing night vision goggles ...
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Dancing in the Dark
It was a cold, moonless night over Texas and I was at 1,200 feet in a jet-black Bell 407 helicopter ... the finer points of flying with night vision goggles, and it was time to demonstrate their ...