Chilling minute-by-minute timeline of how American Airlines jet approaching to land at DC's Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport collided with a Black Hawk helicopter, as President Donald Trump claims DEI played a role in the tragedy.
LIVE updates on DC air disasterAppalling new footage showed a doomed airliner barrel roll into a Washington DC river after it collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter in mid-air.
Seconds later, the two air craft collide in a huge fireball. The jet - operated by a regional subsidiary of American Airlines - can be seen corkscrewing into the shallow water, killing everyone on board. The CCTV footage from two angles showed the Bombardier CRJ700 airline slowly approaching the runway, its lights shining brightly against the night sky.
The CCTV footage from two angles showed the Bombardier CRJ700 airline slowly approaching the runway, before the helicopter approaches quickly from the left Footage of the collision from various angles, along with preliminary results of the NTSB investigation, made it appear the helicopter was flying off course.
Sources said the pilot did not stick to the path however and was a half-mile off course as well as being at an altitude above 300 feet. Jake Zwieg, an aviation expert who served in the navy, described what the passengers and crew likely experienced in the crash. Zwieg also shared his initial reaction to the fatal collision, relating it back to his own military experiences.
Figure skaters Spencer Lane, 16, Brielle Beyer, 12, and Jinna Han, 13, are among more than a dozen children who died on the plane.
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