Jo Ellis was not flying the helicopter. The Army identified the Black Hawk crew as Ryan Austin O’Hara, Andrew Loyd Eaves and Rebecca M. Lobach.

The Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the fatal midair collision in Washington, D.C., had a tracking system turned off, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said.

NTSB investigators have recovered the Black Hawk helicopter from a Washington, D.C. collision with an American Airlines airplane from the the Potomac River. Parts of the wreckage are being transported to Ronald Reagan Washington National airport for further examination.

A key safety system was turned off in a US army helicopter when it crashed into an American Airlines flight last week, killing 67 people.

The wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into a plane above the Potomac River has been recovered from the water. Footage captured by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the recovery of a Sikorsky UH-60 military helicopter from the river near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on 7.

Arlington, United States - 07, 2025 The National Transportation Safety Board released B-Roll footage on 7 showing the recovery of a Sikorsky UH-60 military helicopter from the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport.