The pilots of the US Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines Group Inc. regional jet near Washington last week were likely wearing night-vision goggles at the time of the accident.

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 carrying night vision goggles — but an expert says that could have hurt their ability to see other aircraft.

Hundreds of families are in mourning after an American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, with both aircraft plunging into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. No one survived.

Flying a Black Hawk helicopter with night vision goggles presents a number of challenges. In the wake of the tragic midair collision between a Black Hawk and an American Airlines flight in Washington D.

Army officials said Thursday the pilots of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that collided with the American Airlines jet had night-vision goggles and likely were wearing them at the time of the crash.

The pilots of the US Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines Group Inc. regional jet near Washington last week were likely wearing night-vision goggles at the time of the accident. Preliminary information including the type of mission they were flying and crew communications indicates the pilots were using the device,

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