Investigators have yet to determine whether the crew of an Army helicopter was wearing the devices when the Black Hawk crashed into a civilian airliner last week.

Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that the pilots aboard the U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines plane were wearing night vision goggles — but an expert says that could have hurt their ability to see other aircraft.

The pilot of the military helicopter that collided into an American Airlines flight was wearing night vision goggles, possibly obscuring their vision, President Donald Trump said Thursday. “On a clear night,

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Veteran military pilot Matthew Buckley told NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas that night vision goggles — if being worn at the time of the crash — may have hindered the pilot’s vision. Buckley said he doesn’t use night vision goggles when flying near cities because they have a tendency to “wash out” a pilot’s vision.