Captain Rebecca Lobach was the third US soldier inside Black Hawk when the DC aircraft crashed.
Near Reagan Airport, a Black Hawk helicopter crashed into an American Airlines flight, killing 67 soldiers, including aviation officer Captain Rebecca Lobach, who was the third soldier killed.
The third soldier killed in this week's collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger flight near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was identified by the US Army on Saturday. The collision claimed the lives of 67 people.
Captain Rebecca Lobach of Durham, North Carolina, was recognized as the soldier. She joined the regular Army in 2019 and was assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where she served as an aviation officer.
According to the agency, the Army made the rare choice to initially refuse to identify Lobach at the family's request.
However, the Army said in a statement on Saturday that Lobach's family had consented to make her name public.
In a statement, her family stated, "She was a bright star in all our lives." She was an advocate for victims of sexual assault and, following her military duty, she intended to pursue a career in medicine. "No one put in more effort or had bigger dreams to reach her goals."
At a news briefing on Saturday night, officials announced that the National Transportation Safety Board investigators had concluded the CRJ700 aircraft was at 325 feet (91 meters), plus or minus 25 feet, at the moment of collision.
The data came from the jet's flight data recorder, the "black box" that records the aircraft's speed, movements, and other characteristics.
According to the new information, the Army helicopter was flying higher than the maximum altitude for the route it was taking, which is 200 feet (61 meters).
Although officials say the information has not been verified, preliminary data suggests the control tower's radar detected the helicopter at 200 feet at the moment of the crash.
When asked what might be causing the disparity, NTSB board member Todd Inman responded to reporters, "That's what our job is, to figure that out."
for the briefing on Saturday, Inman added that night-vision goggles would normally be used for the helicopter's training flight.
"At this point, we don't know whether the night-vision goggles were being worn or what the situation might be," he stated. "We should be able to determine whether that happened and what role it might have played in the accident as a whole through further investigation."
Data indicates that around two minutes prior to the collision, the air traffic controller informed the helicopter of the CRJ700's position.
According to the American flight's cockpit voice recorder, the crew experienced a "verbal reaction" one second prior to impact, and flight data indicates that the aircraft's nose started to raise, officials said.
According to the official, the audio recorder picked up the sounds of an automatic radio dispatch that warned of "traffic, traffic, traffic," followed by the noises of the collision just before the tape ended.
The third soldier killed in this week's collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger flight near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was identified by the US Army on Saturday. The collision claimed the lives of 67 people.
Captain Rebecca Lobach of Durham, North Carolina, was recognized as the soldier. She joined the regular Army in 2019 and was assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where she served as an aviation officer.
According to the agency, the Army made the rare choice to initially refuse to identify Lobach at the family's request.
However, the Army said in a statement on Saturday that Lobach's family had consented to make her name public.
In a statement, her family stated, "She was a bright star in all our lives." She was an advocate for victims of sexual assault and, following her military duty, she intended to pursue a career in medicine. "No one put in more effort or had bigger dreams to reach her goals."
At a news briefing on Saturday night, officials announced that the National Transportation Safety Board investigators had concluded the CRJ700 aircraft was at 325 feet (91 meters), plus or minus 25 feet, at the moment of collision.
The data came from the jet's flight data recorder, the "black box" that records the aircraft's speed, movements, and other characteristics.
According to the new information, the Army helicopter was flying higher than the maximum altitude for the route it was taking, which is 200 feet (61 meters).
Although officials say the information has not been verified, preliminary data suggests the control tower's radar detected the helicopter at 200 feet at the moment of the crash.
When asked what might be causing the disparity, NTSB board member Todd Inman responded to reporters, "That's what our job is, to figure that out."
for the briefing on Saturday, Inman added that night-vision goggles would normally be used for the helicopter's training flight.
"At this point, we don't know whether the night-vision goggles were being worn or what the situation might be," he stated. "We should be able to determine whether that happened and what role it might have played in the accident as a whole through further investigation."
Data indicates that around two minutes prior to the collision, the air traffic controller informed the helicopter of the CRJ700's position.
According to the American flight's cockpit voice recorder, the crew experienced a "verbal reaction" one second prior to impact, and flight data indicates that the aircraft's nose started to raise, officials said.
According to the official, the audio recorder picked up the sounds of an automatic radio dispatch that warned of "traffic, traffic, traffic," followed by the noises of the collision just before the tape ended.
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