Washington DC crash: Data from aircraft’s black packing containers offers conflicting data on altitudes

Preliminary knowledge from the Washington DC air collision that killed 67 folks offers conflicting details about the altitudes of the aircraft and navy helicopter on the time of the crash.

In a information convention, officers from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) mentioned that knowledge from the jet’s flight recorder confirmed its altitude as 325ft, plus or minus 25ft, when the crash occurred on Wednesday evening.

But preliminary knowledge within the air visitors management tower confirmed the Black Hawk helicopter at 200ft on the time. The discrepancy has but to be defined.

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