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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Mike Bedigan

Investigators hopeful of answers after Army helicopter’s ‘black box’ found following deadly DC collision

The so-called “black box” from the Black Hawk helicopter, which collided with a passenger jet in Washington, D.C., has now been recovered, according to the National Transport Safety Board.

Both boxes from the American Airlines aircraft were previously found, and all three devices will now be taken for analysis, NTSB member Todd Inman said Friday, adding that the agency had a “high level of confidence” that information could be extracted from them.

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