TRAGIC Crash. What we now know.

Today we are going to try and summarize what we know about the tragic mid-air Collison over the Potomac River, the worst air accident in the US since 2001 and the first major one since 2009.
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[@CoronadoBruin]

Thank you for the info

[@RonLucock]

0:45 Technicality, I believe it was flight AA5342, not 5432.

[@geoffreythomas-on-air]

Thanks Ron. Will correct!

[@hendrikbarboritsch7003]

The chopper pilot must have been confused by too much traffic.
I wonder if the the final report will say anything else.
Edit: I just learned the helicopter should not have been above 200 feet, but had climbed to 350 ft when collision occurred.

[@KevinAlvarado-n2u]

What are helicopters doing anywhere near a runway? And at that height? If the need to patrol the area the can do it in a humvee ffs!