Black Hawk flew too high when it fell into the passenger plane and killed 67

Black Hawk flew too high when it fell into the passenger plane and killed 67

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Tuesday, the helicopter of the Army Black Hawk, which was crashed into a PSA airline CRJ700 airline on January 29, flew too high.

The air traffic data obtained from the NTSB confirm that the Black Hawk was 300 feet on the air traffic control display at the time of the mid-air crash, which is 100 feet higher than the 200-foot ceiling for helicopters that fly in the National Capital region .

Since the data has been rounded on the nearest 100 foot, officials need additional information to check data points from the Black Hawk.

This requires restoring the aircraft from the water that is later intended this week.

Investigators are looking for DC aircraft

The investigators searched for the combined FDR and CVR through Black Hawk wrecks. (NTSB)

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Preliminary information showed that the pitch of the aircraft changed, pointing out that the plane was pulled up before the crash.

NTSB investigators continue to transcribe the cockpit language recorder for both aircraft. The synchronization work for the Black Hawk Flight Data Recorder and the Cockpit language recorder continues.

Victims that were identified in the DC aircraft crash with American Airlines Jet and military helicopters

Wracks from the passenger aircraft are still recovered from the Potomac river, with new finds, including the right wing, the middle lump, part of the left wing and the left fuselage, significant parts of the forward cabin and the cockpit, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, tail cones , The rudder, elevators, TCAS computers and quick access recorder.

The recovered ruins are moved to a safe place for a wreck layout test.

Savers work in Washington DC after a tragic plane crash on the Potomac River.

A police boat patrols the water and protects the crime scene after an aircraft of the American airline collides in the middle of the air with a military helicopter and on January 30, 2025, the Potomac River in Washington, DC, overthrew in the USA. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu about Getty Images)

“The Aircraft Systems Group continues to check maintenance papers for the CRJ700, and the helipadis group continues to check maintenance documents for the Black Hawk,” said NTSB.

From Tuesday, the corpses of all 67 identified victims were pulled out of the river.

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Andrea Margolis and Rick Eggleston from Fox News Digital have contributed to this story.

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