Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls the deadly aircraft collision involving a Black Hawk and a civilian airliner "a tragedy" in a statement obtained exclusively by Fox News.
In a post on X, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the Army helicopter crew involved in the deadly midair collision with an American Airlines jet was “fairly experienced,” and called the accident a “horrible loss of life.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he has grounded the Army battalion involved in the operation of the Black Hawk helicopter with three soldiers that crashed into a passenger plane with more than
Watch live as defense secretary Pete Hegseth addresses the nation after 67 passengers are feared dead after an American Airlines jet collided with a military helicopter..
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Timothy Lilley, the father of a pilot on board the American Airlines flight which collided with a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., Wednesday night, said Thursday he suspects the helicopter may have been at fault.
Among the unanswered questions about the crash near Washington, D.C., are the flight pattern of the Black Hawk helicopter and the exact nature of its training exercise.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Army’s 12th Aviation Battalion that includes the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport has been granted a 48-hour operational pause.
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth reveals more about military crew involved in American Airlines crash -
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth addresses fatal collision between Army helicopter and American Airlines flight.
The Federal Aviation Authority has confirmed US Army Blackhawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane were involved in a mid-air collision.