Investigators probing the collision between a military helicopter and a passenger plane in Washington D.C. have revealed that the American Airlines plane was approximately 325 feet above the ground at the time of impact. This figure lends credence to President Trump's earlier assertion that the helicopter was flying too high. However, preliminary radar data suggests the helicopter may have shown an altitude of 200 feet to controllers, which is its prescribed maximum height in the designated corridor. The National Transportation Safety Board is still investigating the helicopter's altitude and the possible discrepancy between its actual height and what controllers observed on radar.
The passenger plane that collided with a military helicopter while landing in the US capital was about 325 feet above the ground at the time of impact, crash investigators have revealed, lending credence to President Donald Trump’s earlier declaration the chopper was flying too high.
The figures lend support to a theory the military helicopter was higher than it should have been, as Trump has publicly stated. “The Blackhawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot,” he posted on his TruthSocial account Friday. “It was far above the 200-foot limit. That’s not really too complicated to understand, is it???”
Twenty seconds before impact, tower controllers asked the helicopter whether it had the jet in sight. Three seconds after that, the tower instructed the chopper to “pass behind” the passenger plane.Another 16 seconds passed. One second before impact, pilots of the American Airlines plane had a “verbal reaction” and the plane increased its pitch – indicating they pulled back on the controls, trying to climb.
The army helicopter was using a special corridor for military, government and emergency helicopters along the Potomac River through central Washington. The corridor has a height limit of 200 feet.
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