Two black Hawk -Helicopter crews identified by DC -Flying accident -what we know

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Topline

Two fathers and officials have been identified as among the three crew who died Wednesday when their black Haukshelicopter collided with a passenger jet over the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport and killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft.

Key facts

Ryan O’Hara, a man with a 1-year-old son, was the crew of the helicopter and a victim in the crash, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp confirmed On social media.

After graduation from ParkView High School in Lilburn, Georgia in 2014, O’Hara, a member of the school’s Marine Corps Junior Rotc program, joined the military.

That has he been remembered of colleagues like “one of the most dedicated, disciplined and committed soldiers I’ve ever worked with.”

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves of Mississippi was another crew member aboard the helicopter, Mississippi -Governor Tate Reeves confirmed.

In one declarationThe Eaves family remembered him as a “friendly, loving, happy and patriotic man” who “loved his wife and children hard and would have done something to take care of them.”

His wife, Carrie Eaves, sent on social media asking “for peace while we mourn.”

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What we don’t know

The third helicopter crew, Reported A woman has not been identified by friends or family and the military has not officially released the names of any of the soldiers.

Big number

At least 18. This is how many military staff have died of crashes and accidents of army helicopters, including hard landings and other events, in the last two years. Deaths from these incidents votes higher than those killed in recent combat operations abroad, according to New York Times.

Key background

The three soldiers from the 12th Aviation Battalion out of Fort Belvoir, VA. Lives an annual training exercise on board the helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport as the crash took place. The collision with an American Airlines passenger jet went to Washington DC from Kansas killed the three people aboard the helicopter and the 64 passengers and crew on the commercial flight. The helicopter crew was described as “rather experienced” by defense secretary Pete HegethBut President Donald Trump on Friday said The helicopter flew “far above” his designated flight road. The air traffic control tower had Reported Considering the helicopter pilot’s permission to fly no higher than 200 feet, but the aircraft was outside its approved Flyvevej at the time of the crash. At a press conference on Thursday, Trump accused air traffic fighters, helicopter pilots and the bites and the Obama era diversity employment practice of the tragedy and claimed without proof that people with “serious intellectual disabilities” had been employed by the FAA due to dee policies he has since removed . Authorities were still looking for the helicopter’s Black Box data recorder, Hegeth said Friday, and officials are investigating whether the crew used its night -vision glasses.

Key

More than 40 bodies were recovered from the DC Aircraft Coast in the Potomac River from the beginning of Friday afternoon. Victims are slowly identified by friends and family and includes so far more than a dozen members of the US national art skating, including two 12-year-olds, two former Russian world champion figurines, a civil rights lawyer, parents and students from Fairfax County Public Schools and a group of friends who returns from a hunting trip in Kansas.

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