The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Washington, D.C., last week may have been flying higher than the maximum altitude for its training mission, authorities say.

Furthermore, the Black Hawk pilots may have had “bad data” on the altitude they were flying at ... the Black Hawk had been flying too high.

Radar data collected by the control tower at Reagan Washington National Airport put the altitude of the Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk helicopter at 300 feet, though that data is rounded to the nearest ...

The victims were killed Wednesday night when a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter operated by ... 100 feet higher than its allowed altitude. The collision occurred between 300 to 350 feet.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released their preliminary report into the deadly midair collision between an American Airlines flight and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over ...

may have read the wrong altitude before the crash and missed radio communications, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. A passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter that collided ...

President Trump said in a social-media post Friday morning that the Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the crash “was flying too high ... Black Hawk increased altitude by about 100 feet ...

Furthermore, the Black Hawk pilots may have had “bad data” on the altitude they were flying at ... the Black Hawk had been flying too high.

Furthermore, the Black Hawk pilots may have had “bad data” on the altitude they were flying at outside Washington ... a decision made after speculation the Black Hawk had been flying too high.