The new detail retreived from the black box suggests the Army helicopter was flying above 200 feet (61 meters), the maximum altitude for the route it was using.
Data from the jet’s flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 feet, plus or minus 25 feet, when the crash happened on Wednesday night near Reagan National Airport in Washington ...
The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet in Washington on Wednesday (Jan 29) was on a training flight along a route core to a seldom-discussed military mission to evacuate senior ...
The collision in DC involving American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday has created flight delays for travelers out of Washington DC.
Transportation safety investigators are seeking to determine if the pilots of the American Airlines plane detected danger just before the midair crash with a helicopter.