For many, the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, like the one involved in the Wednesday collision over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is familiar for one reason: the 2001 movie "Black Hawk Down ," based on the 1993 shooting down of U.S. Black Hawk helicopters during the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia.

The crash seems to have resulted from a series of human errors that cascaded to cause a freak accident. This past week has been catastrophic for air travel and safety. A Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airline,

The military helicopter that collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in a crash that killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft was a UH-60 Black Hawk, consid ered the “workhorse” of Army aviation.

The UH-60 Black Hawk with the 12th Aviation Battalion was on a training flight when it hit an American Airlines plane with 64 onboard.

More than a week after the deadly collision of a passenger jet and a helicopter, crews forged ahead with salvage efforts in the Potomac River.

Radar evidence proves that the Black Hawk helicopter was not flying low enough during collision with American Airlines Flight 5342.

The flight traffic data NTSB has obtained confirms the helicopter was flying at 300 feet, the air traffic control display showed. That is 100 feet more than it should be flying in the

Washington, United States - January 31, 2025 Investigators are scouring the frigid waters of the Potomac River in a video captured on January 31, 2025, as they search for the combined flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk involved in the January 29 mid-air collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

A feared blunder made by the black hawk helicopter moments before colliding with an American Airlines passenger jet has been confirmed.