The National Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered a cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport late Wednesday.
A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crash in Washington D.C., resulting in 67 deaths, is under investigation. President Trump highlighted altitude violations as a potential cause. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed elevation issues,
The National Transportation Safety Board said it was too soon to speculate the cause of the deadly crash. Skaters, parents, and coaches from the Skating Club of Boston were aboard the flight.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the helicopter that crashed into flight 5342 was retraining a continuity of government mission. Here's what that means.
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Army crew involved in DC crash was ‘fairly experienced’: Hegseth
It was a fairly experienced crew that was doing an annual required night evaluation,” the defense secretary said.
Questions about helicopter's path could prove key in Pentagon probe of midair crash
Even though the investigation is ongoing and few details have been released, Trump quickly cast blame for the deadly midair collision that happened Wednesday night.
The American Airlines plane operating as American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.
As recovery crews endure cold water and miserable rain Friday to attempt to pull more wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter from the Potomac River, investigators are intensifying their search for the collision’s cause – with initial concerns already raised about the path of at least one of the aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration is restricting helicopter traffic over the Potomac River stretching from Memorial Bridge to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge between the District of Columbia
Investigators confirmed they have recovered a cockpit voice recorder and a flight-data recorder from American Eagle Flight 5342, which will undergo analysis.
The American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided as the plane was landing Wednesday night at Ronald Reagan National Airport next to Washington, D.C.
Police boats continue to search the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation into the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century
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