More details are coming out about the victims of this week's devastating mid-air collision between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., killing 67 people.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three U.S. Army soldiers were onboard a BlackHawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
Wednesday’s fatal collision and two other incidents dramatically illustrate the challenges pilots and air traffic controllers face in the complex, security-sensitive skies above the nation’s capital.