Marks said that the crash is the first time in modern US history that two aircraft collided in midair. CNN “Helicopter precision pilots should not be 75 feet off assigned altitude,” he said.
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The collision happened on Wednesday night as the plane approached Reagan National Airport, where staffing at the air traffic control tower was “not normal,” according to a preliminary report ...