That story/narrative does not seem to add up!
Routine flight??? Perhaps, the civilian jet was on a routine, predetermined route, scheduled flight attempting to land on the Reagan airport, but obviously not the Army helicopter!
This can not explain the enormous failure of the Army helicopter pilot and whoever else was on board of this Army helicopter. On the contrary!
Hopefully Hegseth and Trump will vigorously investigate this horrific incident without reservation or hesitancy!
"The U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines passenger jet above Reagan National Airport in Washington on Wednesday night was piloted by experienced aviators that typically fly VIP missions in busy airspace, according to a retired Army chief warrant officer with over 30 years of flying experience, who serves in the Headquarters Department of the Army Aviation Directorate at the Pentagon. ...
described the crew members, whose identities have yet to be released, as “very experienced.” ...
“The instructor pilot was flying the aircraft with a fellow pilot in command, so both of those crew members can manage that aircraft by themselves. It was an annual evaluation that is conducted by every Army aviator that they fly day and night,” he said, “Even the crew chief in the back has been in the unit for a very long time, very familiar with the area, very familiar with the routing structure. So we don’t see that at all as being any impact on what happened.”
Koziol confirmed that the instructor pilot in command of the aircraft had logged 1,000 flight hours and the other pilot had 500 hours under their belt. ..."
Top Army aviators were on routine flight when helo collided with jet
