The crew of a US Army helicopter that fatally struck a commercial airliner near Ronald Reagan Washington National airport was performing an annual night proficiency flight, according to the Pentagon.
The helicopter flight along the Potomac was a routine qualification flight. The three soldiers of the Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a jetliner on Wednesday night just off of ...
The Black Hawk helicopter which collided with a passenger ... annual re-training of night flights on a standard corridor for a continuity of government mission". The army has come under scrutiny ...
Col Darin Gaub, who flew Black Hawk helicopters like the one involved in Wednesday night’s crash, said “anything is on the table” when it comes to explaining the crash that claimed 67 lives.