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 ...

"As I mentioned in the last press conference, there is inconsistency in the data, which led us to declare the pressure altitude parameter on the Black Hawk as invalid." Capt. Rebecca Lobach ...

American Airlines flight 5342 was on approach to land when the Blackhawk hit the plane’s right side at an altitude of about 300 feet on Jan 29. Previously it was said that the helicopter may ...

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