Crash investigators looking at altitude, communication and staffing before helicopter collision with plane

In a tragic incident over the Potomac River, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines jetliner, resulting in the deaths of all 64 passengers on the flight and the three individuals on the helicopter. The crash, which occurred near Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport, is under investigation with questions arising about the altitude of the military helicopter and data from flight recorders being analyzed to determine the cause of the collision. The American Airlines jetliner, operated by PSA Airlines, was on final approach to Runway 33 at Reagan National Airport when the collision occurred, making it the deadliest air crash in the U.S. since 2001.

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