Samuel Oakford

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Video Reporter, Visual Forensics at The Washington Post

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California draws ire as out-of-state factory farms turn pig poop into cash

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Evan Halper |Samuel Oakford

POWERSVILLE, Mo. — Neighbors of industrial hog farms in Missouri, who have long battled agriculture companies over reeking manure lagoons, have encountered an unexpected obstacle in their fight: California. Seven years ago, California embarked on an aggressive plan to reduce methane emissions from in-state dairy farmsby bolstering a system of carbon credits.
3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash

2 months ago | shorturl.at | Imogen Piper |Evan Hill |Alex Horton |Meg Kelly |Frank Hulley-Jones |Irfan Uraizee | +2 more

On the night of Jan. 29, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac River in Washington, killing all 67 people on both aircraft. Aviation experts have since raised the possibility that, after being alerted by air traffic controllers to the presence of the jet, the helicopter crew might have mistaken that plane for anotherincoming jet in the distance.
3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Imogen Piper |Evan Hill |Alex Horton |Meg Kelly |Frank Hulley-Jones |Irfan Uraizee | +2 more

February 14, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. ESTJust nowOn the night of Jan. 29, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac River in Washington, killing all 67 people on both aircraft. Aviation experts have since raised the possibility that, after being alerted by air traffic controllers to the presence of the jet, the helicopter crew might have mistaken that plane for anotherincoming jet in the distance.
3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Imogen Piper |Evan Hill |Alex Horton |Meg Kelly |Frank Hulley-Jones |Irfan Uraizee | +2 more

4 hours agoDespite the hype, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit to Washington under Donald Trump's second term was a sober, business-first affair - unsurprising for a working visit, which lacks the pomp of a state visit. Trump announced expanded US military sales to India from 2025, including …
Army helicopter was alerted to plane’s presence two minutes before collision

Jan 31, 2025 | msn.com | Ian Duncan |Evan Hill |Samuel Oakford |Meg Kelly

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Army helicopter was alerted to plane’s presence two minutes before collision

Jan 31, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Ian Duncan |Evan Hill |Samuel Oakford |Meg Kelly

Air traffic controllers twice alerted the crew of a U.S. Army helicopter to the presence of an inbound American Airlines jet, with the first warning issued two minutes before the aircraft collided Wednesday night near Reagan National Airport, radio transmissions show.
Army helicopter was alerted to plane’s presence two minutes before collision

Jan 31, 2025 | flipboard.com | Ian Duncan |Evan Hill |Samuel Oakford |Meg Kelly

12 hours ago“I looked up, and I don’t think I saw a dry eye on the plane.” On a recent flight to Miami, a pilot’s words just moments before takeoff offered assurance to a cabin of travelers rattled by Wednesday's midair collision of American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army helicopter in Washington, …
How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block

Jan 13, 2025 | detroitnews.com | Sarah Blaskey |Samuel Oakford |Jarrett Ley |Jonathan O'Connell

As New Orleans officials deployed to protect thousands of revelers they knew would flock to the city’s famed French Quarter on New Year’s Eve, they parked a police SUV to block the main entrance to Bourbon Street, a packed pedestrian thoroughfare long seen as vulnerable to a vehicular-ramming attack. But the SUV left a large gap. That allowed the driver of a pickup truck to turn onto Bourbon Street hours after midnight, video shows, in the first moments of a deadly Islamic State-inspired rampage.
How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block

Jan 13, 2025 | torontosun.com | Sarah Blaskey |Samuel Oakford |Jarrett Ley |Jonathan O'Connell

But the SUV left a large gap. That allowed the driver of a pickup truck to turn onto Bourbon Street hours after midnight, video shows, in the first moments of a deadly Islamic State-inspired rampage. It was not a momentary security lapse: At various times earlier that evening, the gap between the police SUV and the nearest structural obstacle was more than twice the width of the attacker’s truck, a Washington Post examination of visual evidence found.
How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block

Jan 13, 2025 | msn.com | Sarah Blaskey |Samuel Oakford |Jarrett Ley |Jonathan O'Connell

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