The US Army has released the name of the third soldier killed in a helicopter crash near Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. Captain Rebecca Lobach, an aviation officer, died alongside the other two soldiers and 67 passengers on the American Airlines jet.
The US Army on Saturday released the name of the third soldier who died on a Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport this week, killing 67 people in all.The soldier was identified as Captain Rebecca Lobach, of Durham, North Carolina. She was an aviation officer in the regular Army since 2019 and assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Preliminary data indicates the control tower's radar showed the helicopter at 200 feet at the time of the accident, though officials said the information has not been confirmed."That's what our job is, to figure that out," NTSB board member Todd Inman told reporters when asked what could explain the discrepancy.Inman also said at Saturday's briefing that the helicopter's training flight would typically include the use of night-vision goggles.
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