Broken altimeter, ignored warnings: Hearings reveal what went wrong in DC crash that killed 67

Broken altimeter, ignored warnings: Hearings reveal what went wrong in DC crash that killed 67

A long list of things went wrong in January and contributed to the collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet over Washington, D

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 American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 4, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)