Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told Newsmax Saturday that he is concerned about reports that a military helicopter involved in a fatal crash was flying at an improper altitude.
American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Wednesday night, sending the two aircraft into the Potomac River and killing all 67 aboard in the deadliest U.S. air crash in more than two decades.
The regional jet out of Wichita, Kansas with 60 passengers and four crew was preparing to land. The UH-60 Black Hawk based at Fort Belvoir in Virginia was on a training exercise carrying three soldiers, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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