Investigators found the recording devices, or black boxes, from the American Airlines plane that collided with a helicopter Wednesday near Washington.
The National Transportation Safety Board has recovered the cockpit voice recorder and the flight-data recorder from the American Airlines jet involved in the deadly collision with a military helicopter,
Latest news and live updates after an American Airline jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.
"We’re here to assure the American people that we are going to leave no stone unturned in this investigation," said an NTSB official said
No survivors are expected, authorities said Thursday, after a commercial flight and a helicopter collided in midair Wednesday night as the jet was about to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington,
The Post can reveal that grave lapses and miscommunications in one of the most crowded and complex patches of sky in the US are likely to blame.
No chute or slides appeared to be deployed from the American Airlines plane, according to J. Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board. “It was a very quick, rapid impact,” he said.
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom on Thursday morning expressed his condolences to the family and loved ones of those aboard a flight that collided with a military helicopter Wednesday night.
Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River. 78 passengers, cabin crew members and motorists died. Just five people survived, and only three are still alive to witness news of the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.
The fatal midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter followed a string of near misses at airports over the last several years.
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom shared a letter to all employees sharing updates and resources following the deadly mid-air collision.
National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said Thursday at a press conference that “we look at facts on our investigation and that will take some time.”