Heart-wrenching NTSB simulation shows pilots’ view in Reagan National mid-air crash that killed 67

A heart-wrenching simulation put viewers in the pilots’ seats during the horrifying moments an American Airlines passenger plane and an Army Blackhawk helicopter collided over Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last year.
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Officials release harrowing simulation of what pilots saw right before American Airlines plane collided with Black Hawk

Using Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2024, the independent federal agency was able to model what happened in the moments before the crash for both the Black Hawk belonging to the US Army's 12th Aviation Battalion and the American Airlines medium-haul aircraft.

One year later, NTSB looks to determine cause of DC midair collision that killed 67 people over the Potomac River

Two days shy of the one-year anniversary of a tragedy that killed 67 people near the nation’s capital, the National Transportation Safety Board is presenting its findings in the investigation and new visual simulations of the view of the pilots of each aircraft to determine the probable cause of the midair collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet.