A new report has just shed some light on the cause behind the tragic collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger airplane a few months ago.
As it turns out, the female pilot of the Black Hawk, Capt. Rebecca Lobach, flat-out ignored directions to change course just moments before the deadly crash that killed 67.
Previous reports noted that Lobach was flying the Black Hawk too high the night of the fatal crash. But now, we know that she also failed to heed instructions from air traffic control to turn left just 15 seconds before colliding with the passenger plane.
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Lobach’s co-pilot Andrew Loyd Eaves, who was serving as Lobach’s flight instructor, repeated the instruction from air traffic control. But, for
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