It was and continues to be an awful, heartbreaking story. On a frigid night in late January, a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter smashed into a commuter flight, American Airlines Flight 5342, which was on its landing approach. The resulting explosion sent both aircraft into the Potomac River along with 67 souls.
Immediately, questions were asked: was it sabotage, terrorism, unqualified pilots, a lack of air traffic controllers, what? Although investigations continue, it would appear that the helicopter was flying higher than it was supposed to and the crew may not have heard a crucial command from air traffic control.
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But another question many started asking was, what was a military…
