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title: "Black Hawk helicopter’s altitude at issue; families of crash victims ‘want answers’"
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**Donald Trump poisoned the well, by immediately stating the helicopter/plane crash was a DEI issue. When, it’s an altitude issue according to earliest data available. But, hey, when you have DEI you can obfuscate the possible connection to drug use, pilot error etc., Trump is as adept at playing identity politics as Trudeau.**

[**USA Today**](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/02/helicopter-airplane-collision-dc-updates/78154023007)

> The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Washington, D.C., last week may have been **`flying higher than the maximum altitude for its training mission, authorities say.`**
> 
> National Transportation Safety Board investigators have determined the CRJ700 airplane was at 325 feet, plus or minus 25 feet, at the time of impact. The information was based on data recovered from the jet’s flight data recorder that tracks the aircraft’s movements, speed and other technical information.
> 
> **Just before impact, the crew aboard the American flight had a “verbal reaction,” according to the plane’s cockpit voice recorder, and flight data shows the plane’s nose began to rise,** NTSB investigator Brice Banning said.