Officials confirmed the crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines passenger plane near Ronald Reagan Washington International Airport may not have known it was flying too high and may not have heard critical messages from air traffic control prior to the fatal crash.
The Jan. 29 crash over the Potomac River, which happened during an Army “flight check,” killed 67 people. There were no survivors.
Less than 20 seconds before the collision, a radio transmission from the tower was audible on both cockpit voice recorders (CVR), directing the Black Hawk to “pass behind” the CRJ passenger plane.
“CVR data from the Black Hawk indicated that the portion of the transmission that stated, ‘pass behind the …,’ may not have been received by the Black Hawk crew,” Homendy said.
LiveNOW’s Christina Evans spoke about the latest information with former Marine Corps aviator Ron Alvarado.
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