The NTSB said Army Black Hawk crew may not have heard a message to "pass behind" the D.C.-bound passenger plane before the Jan. 29 midair crash over the Potomac River.
The National Transportation Safety Board disclosed new details about the collision between the helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac River on Jan. 29.
Late on January 29, 2025, an American Eagle flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. The Potomac crash killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft.
The Black Hawk pilots who collided with an American Airlines plane last month may not have heard vital information given by air traffic control to fly behind the passenger jet seconds before the