Breaking down NTSB findings on DC plane-helicopter collision
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Authorities have said the Black Haw crew was flying too high, as though unaware of their true position in the sky and the danger they were in
“Instead of writing aviation regulation in blood, let’s start writing it in data,” said Lilley, who is a pilot himself and earlier in his career flew Black Hawk helicopters in the Washington area. “Because all the data was there to show this accident was going to happen. This accident was completely preventable.”
Slackliners took the line down because of forecasted rain and high winds, but strung it up again the day of the accident.
A collision between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet killed 67 people in January 2025
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Shortly after the crash, another helicopter flew near the slackline, the National Transportation Safety Board investigation report said.
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