Facts are still coming in and the investigations are heating up after Wednesday night’s crash between a passenger plane and a military helicopter in the skies above Washington, D.C., a tragedy that is presumed to have killed all 64 airplane passengers and three service members aboard the chopper.
Speculation has been flying in from all areas about what could have led to a disaster, but one new revelation is sure to cause even more debate: a very similar episode occurred just the night before. Luckily, however, in that instance, tragedy was averted:
A passenger flight had to abort landing at Reagan National Airport in Washington DC the day before American Airlines Flight 5342 collided in midair with a helicopter.
Republic Airways Flight 4514 was forced to back out of touching down and had to make a second approach after a helicopter appeared near its…
