US President Donald Trump has said the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a regional passenger jet in Washington, DC, was flying too high at the time of the accident, in what appeared to be a major disclosure about the investigation.
US military helicopters regularly fly a route over the Potomac River near the busy Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, known as Route 4.
For safety reasons, the altitude on those helicopter flights is capped at 61m.
“The Blackhawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot. It was far above the 200 foot limit. That’s not really too complicated to understand, is it???” President Trump said in a Truth Social post.
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