The probability of a bird strike in that area at that time was deemed to be low, according to the NTSB report.

The Air Evac Lifeteam crew included 66-year-old pilot Gale “Butch” Alleman Jr., 40-year-old flight nurse Bethany Aicken, and 29-year-old flight paramedic James Welsh. According to a Federal Aviation ...

Investigators previously said the helicopter may have had inaccurate altitude readings in the moments before the crash, and the crew may not have heard key instructions from air traffic controllers.

6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) A piece of wreckage is lifted from the water onto a salvage vessel near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an ...

THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE RED CROSS FOR HELP. NEW. TONIGHT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT A HELICOPTER CRASH IN LEE COUNTY. THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE POSTING ON ITS FACEBOOK PAGE SAYING IT ...

A congressional hearing Thursday reinforced the idea that the January midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter that killed all 67 people aboard both ...

FILE - Rescue and salvage crews pull up a part of a Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet, at a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan ...