The Black Hawk helicopter was flying at 300 feet when it collided with an American Airlines flight last Wednesday, according to the latest data from the NTSB.

The Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines passenger plane was flying too high, according to the NTSB.

A military helicopter was flying above the maximum altitude for its route when it collided with a passenger plane near Washington D.C. last week, authorities said. The National Transportation Safety Board said in an update on Tuesday that it obtained data,

The crash seems to have resulted from a series of human errors that cascaded to cause a freak accident. This past week has been catastrophic for air travel and safety. A Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airline,

The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that flight data showed the military chopper was flying too high when it hit the passenger jet close to the Ronald Reagan Airport