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The War Zone • Joseph Trevithick

NASA WB-57F Canberra Belly-Lands at Ellington Field After Gear Failure; Crew Uninjured

A NASA WB-57F high-altitude Canberra performed a gear-up (belly) landing at Ellington Field, Houston, after a landing-gear failure at about 11:30 a.m. The vintage jet — one of only three WB-57Fs in service — slid along the runway; all crew members escaped uninjured but the aircraft sustained damage.

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2026-01-27T12:31:11.539587-08:00
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FlightGlobal • Ryan Finnerty

NTSB: Black Hawk Nearly Invisible Against City Lights Before Fatal Jan. 2025 Collision With PSA CRJ700

By FlightGlobal: A digital recreation of the fatal January 2025 collision between a PSA Airlines CRJ700 and US Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington shows the military rotorcraft was nearly impossible to see against city lights when the crash occurred.

2026-01-27T11:54:04.778519-08:00