The pilots of the American Airlines jet involved in a mid-air collision with a US Army helicopter on Wednesday made heroic efforts to save their passengers, according to preliminary data from the plane's flight recorder. Efforts by Captain Jonathan Campos and First Officer Samuel Lilley were unsuccessful, resulting in a tragedy that claimed 67 lives.
The pilots of the American Airlines jet that collided with a US Army helicopter on Wednesday made heroic last-minute efforts to save their passengers.
But the efforts of Captain Jonathan Campos, 34, and First Officer Samuel Lilley, 28, were not successful. Investigators hope to reconcile the altitude differences using data from the helicopter’s black box, which is taking more time to retrieve because it became waterlogged.
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