The DEI female helicopter pilot ignored multiple warnings from her right seat about altitude (and his directly telling her to turn away) and flew straight into a passenger jet.
The pilot had 2:30 minutes to turn, is a lot of time to react to a directive.
It is the deadliest air disaster in the US since 2001, and the first crash of an American airliner in nearly 15 years.
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The New York Times buries the lede, of course.
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