According to fresh data, the pilots of American Airlines Flight 5342 heroically tried to rescue all of the passengers when they crashed with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter in midair on January 29.
As part of a backup plan to ensure government continuity, the chopper was transporting three troops who were retraining the president’s emergency escape route,
While the plane carried sixty-four passengers. The jet was trying to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when the tragedy occurred.
Sadly, there aren’t any survivors. Not all of the dead have been found by rescue crews yet. The pilots, 34-year-old Campos and his 28-year-old co-pilot Lilley, made a last-ditch effort to lift the aircraft up just before the accident,
According to data from the plane’s black box. “There was a slight change in pitch, an increase in pitch at one point very close.