The Army helicopter that collided with a passenger plane above the Potomac River boasted an experienced crew doing “an unforgiving job.” Friends and relatives are still baffled and mourning their loss.

A new technology for autonomously operating aircraft dubbed “MATRIX” is drawing scrutiny across social media after a commercial airliner collided with a military helicopter in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.

A 3-D model created by The Times visualizes the helicopter pilots’ field of view minutes before a fatal crash with a jet in Washington.

The names of two of the three soldiers who were on the U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight on have been released.

The Army pilots were juggling dark skies, low altitude, a busy airspace and a cockpit without certain traffic detectors before the helicopter’s midair crash with a regional passenger jet.

In an update on Tuesday, officials say that transcriptions for both aircrafts cockpit voice recordings are ongoing.

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,

A feared blunder made by the black hawk helicopter moments before colliding with an American Airlines passenger jet has been confirmed.

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,