was flying nearly 100 feet above its maximum allowed altitude. The collision, which occurred on Wednesday (January 29), resulted in no survivors from either aircraft. Minutes before the crash ...

The Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in a midair collision Wednesday near Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people was flying above the permitted altitude of 200 feet, according to radar ...

But what is cruising altitude and how do pilots know when they’ve reached it? We spoke with two aviation experts to explain the ins and outs of cruising speed and why 35,000 feet is often ...

the flights maintain an average cruising altitude of just 1,500 ft.—and sometimes much lower. “Over some mountain ranges we get pretty low, maybe 100 ft. or less,” says Nathan Kurtz ...