Audio and video reveal moments before American Airlines Flight 5342 and Army helicopter collided

Audio and video from the collision of American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army helicopter implicit the Potomac revealed immoderate clues astir the aircrafts’ past moments.

The clang itself was caught connected camera arsenic 1 aerial postulation controller said, “I conscionable saw a fireball,” confirming that the 2 craft had so collided and plummeted into the stream conscionable earlier 9 p.m. Wednesday.

The video shows the 2 sets of lights approaching, past a agleam flash, and past everything going acheronian arsenic pieces autumn into the water.

The level was recovered belly-up successful 3 pieces, and all 64 radical aboard were killed, officials said Thursday.

The bodies of the 3 soldiers aboard the helicopter, which was on a regular grooming flight, were recovered by Thursday afternoon. Among the passengers connected the level were a group of U.S. young fig skaters, their coaches and immoderate household members.

With News Wire Services