Yes, they were expecting that they were just manually controlling pitch and the remaining autopilot would take care of airspeed. If I were being exceptionally generous, I'd have grudgingly let ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has released an animation depicting the collision over the Hudson River of a sight-seeing helicopter and a Piper Lance single-engine airplane.

The NTSB has recovered the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the Bombardier CRJ700 involved in the deadly midair collision near D.C., with analysis underway to determine the cause.