Army and Pentagon investigators are looking into what went wrong Wednesday night when an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional jet from Wichita, Kansas. Sixty passengers, four airline crew members and three soldiers all died in the Potomac River after the crash, officials said.
Army and Pentagon investigators are looking into what went wrong Wednesday night when an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional jet from Wichita, Kansas. Sixty passengers, four airline crew members and three soldiers all died in the Potomac River after the crash, officials said.
The helicopter crew – a captain, a staff sergeant and a chief warrant officer – were based at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, The Hill reported. They were performing a routine training exercise, according to DOD.
“It’s a tragedy, a horrible loss of life,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday.
Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles
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