The Army Black Hawk helicopter performed “Doomsday” training when it collided with an American Airlines -Jet over Washington, DC on Wednesday, according to a new report.
The helicopter flew a route that is part of a military plan to evacuate senior officials in safety if the United States is attacked, Reuters reports. The military mission is known as “continuity of government” and “continuity in operations”, according to Reuters.
Meanwhile, three black boxes – one from the Black Hawk helicopter and two from the American Airlines Jet – have been regained from the wreck in Washington DC’s Potomac River, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
The helicopter’s box was regained Friday after investigators previously restored two black boxes from the jet aircraft. All three units will now be taken for analysis, NTSB board member Todd Inman said Friday.
“We have a high level of confidence that we will be able to have a full extraction,” Inman said of the helicopter’s black box.
At least 41 organs have been recovered so far, officials said. All 67 people involved in the middle of the air near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport are believed to have died.
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Mike Medigan1. February 2025 21:52
Mapped: How American Airlines -Fly collided with Black Hawk Army -Helicopter near Washington DC Airport
See the mapped trails for the American Airlines Jet and Black Hawk Helicopter as they collided over Washington, DC on Wednesday night.
From The Independent’s Madeline Sherratt and Rhian Lubin:
Katie Hawkinson1. February 2025 20:31
Who flyed the American Airlines aircraft and Black Hawk -Helicopter before Washington DC crashed?
Authorities are reviewing the cruel process of identifying the victims found so far as families of people on board are forced to wait to get their worst fears confirmed.
Among those who have been identified are the staff flying the two aircraft. The American Airlines crew included Captain Jonathan Campos, 34, and first officer Sam Lilley, 28. The Blackhawk crew included staff SGT. Ryan O’Hara and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves.
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Madeline Sherratt1. February 2025 18:00
A passenger jet had to interrupt a landing in Reagan National Airport just 24 hours before deadly crash due to a helicopter
A passenger jet suddenly had to interrupt his landing in Reagan National Airport due to a helicopter in his flight path, just a day before a flight and military helicopter disastrously collided in the same airspace that highlights the complications by controlling helicopter traffic around the busy Washington -area Airport.
Josh Marcus1. February 2025 17:30
Investigators hope for answers after Army Helicopter’s ‘Black Box’ found after deadly DC Collision
Both boxes from the American Airlines aircraft were previously found and all three units will now be taken for analysis, NTSB member Todd Inman said Friday, adding that the agency had a “high level of trust” from which information could be extracted from them.
Mike Medigan1. February 2025 16:30
Who are the victims of the deadly DC airline accident?
Teenage skating stars, their parents and a soon-to-be married pilot are some of the other souls lost in the tragedy on January 29.
Rhian Lubin, Tara Cobham, Alex Croft1. February 2025 15:30
FAA limits helicopter activity near Reagan Airport
The Federal Aviation Administration has limited helicopter activity around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
“Today’s decision will immediately help ensure airspace near Reagan Airport and ensure the security of aircraft and helicopter traffic,” said transport secretary Sean Duffy Friday.
New: With the support of @Potus and in consultation with @Secdefeffective today, @Faanews Will limit helicopter traffic around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Airport.
Today’s decision will immediately help ensure airspace near Reagan Airport, ensuring … pic.twitter.com/oo6b9h8z8s
– Secretary Sean Duffy (@Secduffy) 31 January 2025
Katie Hawkinson1. February 2025 14:54
Bodies of two soldiers restored from black hawk -vrak
The bodies of two soldiers have been recovered from the wreck of the Black Hawk helicopter who collided with an American Airlines on Wednesday night, CBS News reports.
The bodies that investigators identified as a man and a woman were recovered yesterday, reports the outlets.
Three people were aboard the helicopter when it crashed. Two of them have been identified: Staff Sgt. Ryan O’Hara and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves. Army officials have refused to release the third person’s identity.
It is believed that the organs recovered yesterday belong to Eaves and the third person on board when O’Hara’s body was recovered earlier this week, according to CBS.
Read more about O’Hara, Eaves and the two pilots aboard the American Airlines Jet:
Katie Hawkinson1. February 2025 14:34
Investigators who download data from all three black boxes
Investigators are working this weekend to download data from the three black boxes recovered from the wreck of the crash.
Restore herds found a black box for the Black Hawk helicopter on Friday, while the other two belonged to the American Airlines Jet.
Investigators also expect a “full download” from Jet’s Flight Data Recorder, said board member of National Transport Safety Board Todd Inman.
All 67 people on both aircraft are assumed to die after the helicopter and jet collided across the Potomac River in Washington, DC near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night.
Recovery herds have found at least 41 bodies from Saturday morning.
Katie Hawkinson1. February 2025 14:17