BREAKING: Washington plane crash mystery as recovered altitude data baffles investigators

Data from some aircrafts successful the Washington DC clang has showed what altitude they were flying astatine erstwhile the American Airlines formation collided with the US Army Black Hawk helicopter, sidesplitting astatine slightest 67 people

The American Airlines formation which crashed implicit Washington DC appears to person been flying 125 feet higher than the chopper it is believed to person collided with, baffling caller information has revealed.

A preliminary study was issued this play into the disaster, the deadliest successful US airspace successful astir 25 years. Flight 5342 was carrying 64 radical erstwhile it smashed into the Army Black Hawk connected a grooming workout connected Wednesday night, plummeting into the Potomac River.

Data retrieved from the jet's formation recorder has revealed it was astatine 325 feet (99m) erstwhile the clang occurred. The fig is astatine likelihood with the 200 feet (61m) which the Black Hawk was placed at.

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