Misplaced antenna caused military controllers to lose contact with Black Hawk near DCA: report

Misplaced antenna caused military controllers to lose contact with Black Hawk near DCA: report

An Army helicopter incident at DCA prompted go-arounds by commercial planes, and the FAA and NTSB are investigating control tower issues affecting air traffic safety.

Pentagon lost contact with Army helicopter on flight that caused jets to nix landings at DC airport

Military air traffic controllers lost contact with an Army helicopter for about 20 seconds as it neared the Pentagon on the flight that caused two commercial jets to abort their landings this month at a Washington airport, the Army told The Associated Press on Friday.

Misplaced antenna caused military controllers to lose contact with Black Hawk near DCA: report – Democratic Accent

An Army general recently confirmed that military air traffic controllers lost contact with an Army helicopter, prompting two commercial planes to perform go-arounds to avoid crashing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), where a midair collision in January killed 67 people. On May 1, a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 and a Republic Airways Embraer E170 at DCA were told to perform go-arounds due to a U.S. Army Black Hawk Priority Air Tr…