Aviation Accidents, Safety and Disasters

• Safety Board Heaps Blame on F.A.A. Over Potomac Plane-Helicopter Crash - The National Transportation Safety Board is set to vote on the probable cause of last year’s crash near Washington and make recommendations.
• Airlines Cancel Hundreds of Flights In Anticipation of Powerful Winter Storm - Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights over the weekend in anticipation of frigid weather and ice and now across much of the country.
• Pilot Is Dead After Helicopters Crash in New Jersey - Another pilot was in critical condition, according to the fire chief in Hammonton, N.J., where the crash took place.
• Families Demand Answers a Year After Deadliest Plane Crash in South Korea - Many details of the Jeju Air disaster that killed 179 people remain unclear despite multiple investigations by officials and protests by the victims’ families.
• Death Toll in UPS Plane Crash Rises to 15 - Alain Rodriguez Colina, who was injured when a cargo plane crashed into his Kentucky workplace more than a month ago, died on Christmas Day.
• U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard - Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region.
• How the Army Caused Alarm in the Washington Skies Years Before a Fatal Crash - An aged helicopter fleet and inexperienced pilots from nearby Fort Belvoir had raised “widespread concern” among local pilots before a midair collision killed 67 people.
• U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows - The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control.