According to radio transmissions from Wednesday night, the controller warned the chopper that it was getting too close to the CRJ-700 passenger jet, and the experienced helicopter pilot acknowledged.

The crew chief and one of the pilots of the doomed Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines passenger jet over Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday were ...

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American Airlines Flight 5342 was approaching Washington's Reagan National Airport at around 9pm on Wednesday when the military chopper and plane collided in mid-air, before falling into the ...