Important Takeaways:

• The news comes after the midair crash that happened near Reagan National Airport when the jet, carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, collided with the Blackhawk helicopter that was carrying three military personnel, per Breitbart News. There were no survivors in the tragedy.
• “Investigators also said that about a second before impact, the jet’s flight recorder showed a change in its pitch. But they did not say whether that change in angle meant that pilots were trying to perform an evasive maneuver to avoid the crash,”
• “Data from the jet’s flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 …when the crash happened … “Data in the control tower, though, showed the Black Hawk helicopter at 200 feet (61 meters) at the time.” The report noted there is still no answer regarding the approximately 100-foot discrepancy.
• “Investigators hope to reconcile the altitude differences with data from the helicopter’s black box, which is taking more time to retrieve because it became waterlogged after it plunged into the Potomac River,” the article said. “They also said they plan to refine the tower data, which can be less reliable.
• According to the NPR article, divers are still searching the river for the 12 missing victims.

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