A private pilot since 1988 , O’Brien also reported extensively on civil aviation issues and crash investigations . O'Brien reported the airliner crashes of US Airways Flight 427 , ValuJet 592 , TWA 800 , EgyptAir 990 , American Airlines 587 , Comair 5191 , John F. Kennedy , Jr. , Payne Stewart , Paul Wellstone , the C-150 incursion into the Washington DC Air Defense Identification Zone , and the Cory Lidle crash in Manhattan . In the wake of the September 11 attacks , O'Brien provided viewers radar tracks of the hijacked flights while the twin towers were still standing . During the Afghanistan and Iraq invasions , he , along with various retired generals , reported on military aviation techniques and strategy
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Miles O'Brien (journalist)