A military helicopter was flying above the maximum altitude for its route when it collided with a passenger plane near Washington D.C. last week, authorities said. The National Transportation Safety ...

The Army pilots were juggling dark skies, low altitude, a busy airspace and a cockpit without certain traffic detectors before the helicopter’s midair crash with a regional passenger jet.

Data retrieved by the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed the Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into a passenger plane near D.C. was flying too high.

Data from air traffic control radar showed the military chopper was flying at 300 feet on the air traffic control display at ...

In an update on Tuesday, officials say that transcriptions for both aircrafts cockpit voice recordings are ongoing.