Kate Kelly

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Aishvarya Kavi |Kate Kelly

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled an ambitious air-traffic control modernization plan on Thursday, promising to make air travel in the United States safer and more efficient by investing in a raft of new technology. The eight-page framework seeks to upgrade the radio systems that controllers use to communicate with pilots, replace copper wiring with fiber optics, digitize flight data management tools and update deteriorating air-traffic control facilities around the country.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kate Kelly |Mark Walker

Choque aéreo en Washington The New York Times examinó documentos públicos y entrevistó a más de 50 expertos, entre ellos algunos con amplios conocimientos de los hechos, para obtener la visión más completa hasta la fecha de los factores que contribuyeron al accidente. Credit...

2 weeks ago | thewest.com.au | Kate Kelly |Mark Walker

It is clear that something went terribly wrong the night of January 29, when an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport, killing everyone on board both aircraft. But one error did not cause the worst domestic crash in the United States in nearly a quarter-century. Modern aviation is designed to have redundancies and safeguards that prevent a misstep, or even several missteps, from being catastrophic.

2 weeks ago | perthnow.com.au | Kate Kelly |Mark Walker

It is clear that something went terribly wrong the night of January 29, when an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport, killing everyone on board both aircraft. But one error did not cause the worst domestic crash in the United States in nearly a quarter-century. Modern aviation is designed to have redundancies and safeguards that prevent a misstep, or even several missteps, from being catastrophic.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kate Kelly |Mark Walker

New details revealed by The Times show that the failures on Jan. 29 before an Army helicopter crashed into a jet near Reagan National Airport were far more complex than previously known. Credit... Kenny Holston/The New York Times New details revealed by The Times show that the failures on Jan. 29 before an Army helicopter crashed into a jet near Reagan National Airport were far more complex than previously known. Credit...