An army investigation into a nighttime Kiowa helicopter collision that killed four U.S. soldiers has blamed pilot and air traffic control errors, and “dark spots” in radar coverage.
The two aircraft, carrying soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Wash., crashed over a rural county south of Puget Sound last year. The report said one pilot should have seen and avoided the other, while air traffic control’s failure to relay information and dark spots in radio and radar coverage were also cited.
