New Details About Cause of Helicopter-Plane Crash, Trump and Zelensky Face-To-Face: AM Update 4/28
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What caused the helicopter-plane crash at Reagan National?
Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Monday, April 28th, 2025, and this is your AM Update. New reporting on January's crash between a Black Hawk helicopter and a commercial airliner reveals a chain of failures that led to disaster.
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The report, based on government documents, audio recordings of the air traffic controllers in the moments leading up to the crash, and expert interviews, outlines a series of missteps leading to the tragedy. We are learning for the first time that the helicopter's mission that night was conducting an annual evaluation of Captain Rebecca Loback, who joined the Army in 2019. Her assignment?
Who was piloting the Black Hawk helicopter?
Simulating an emergency evacuation of senior government officials from Washington after an attack. The Times report marks the first public confirmation that Captain Loback was at the controls of the Black Hawk at the time of the crash. While Captain Loback was the highest-ranking soldier on board, her instructor, Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Lloyd-Eves, had logged more than twice as many flight hours. The report describes a series of factors leading up to the crash, including an air traffic control operator potentially stretched too thin, the use of night vision goggles, potentially distorting the pilot's depth perception at critical moments, and the activation of a rarely used runway. The Times also reporting the Black Hawk was flying above its authorized altitude. Quote, as the helicopter approached the key bridge from which it would fly south along the river, Warrant Officer Eves stated that it was at 300 feet and descending to 200 feet, necessary because the maximum height for this route closer to the airport, had dropped to 200 feet.
But even as it reached that juncture, Warrant Officer Eves evidently felt obliged to repeat his instruction. The Black Hawk was at 300 feet, he said, and needed to descend. Captain Lobach said she would, but two and a half minutes later, the Black Hawk still was above 200 feet, a dangerously high level. The report also indicating a breakdown in radio communication. As the controller attempted to guide them, cockpit recordings suggest key instructions to reroute were cut off. The Black Hawk crew again confirming they had the passenger jet in sight and for the second time requested visual separation. When they asked the first time, they had received approval, meaning they on the helicopter would take responsibility for avoiding the jet.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What caused the helicopter-plane crash at Reagan National?
0:02–2:48
2
Who was piloting the Black Hawk helicopter?
2:48–4:36
3
What were the key failures leading to the crash?
4:36–11:09
4
How did the White House Correspondents' Dinner unfold?
11:09
5
What are the details of Judge Hannah Dugan's arrest?
8:19–13:30
6
What implications does Dugan's arrest have for the judiciary?
13:30–14:25
7
What is the Trump administration's stance on legal obstructions?
14:25
8
How does the media react to political arrests?
9:34–18:52
Speakers
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