Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a former Blackhawk pilot, talked with CBS News' Nikole Killion about the midair collision of a plane and Blackhawk helicopter.

As the ranking member of the Aviation Safety Committee, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) admits she’s heard concerns about air traffic at DCA in the past.

Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Eagle flight over the Potomac River​ late last month was flying with a safety system turned off, Sen. Ted Cruz told reporters after a briefing ...

All of the major pieces of the Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 that collided over the Potomac River on Jan. 29 have been recovered, the NTSB said.

At the request of the family, the Army is not going to release the name of the female member of the Black Hawk crew killed in ...

Investigators trying to determine what caused last week’s deadly midair collision between a US military Black Hawk helicopter ...

Senator Ted Cruz shared details about the crash in Washington after a meeting with the Federal Aviation Administration ...

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth is a former military helicopter pilot and chair of the Senate committee on aviation safety.

"One of the things that often happen when there is an aircraft mishap is that the people who are the most clueless, like President Trump, immediately blame the pilots," Duckworth said.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an ex-Army Black Hawk pilot, said communications between airline and military pilots usually go through air traffic control.

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