Plane collides with Blackhawk helicopter Washington DC

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No it wouldn’t. It would require them flying the aircraft, and flying routes that they would routinely fly, under conditions that they’d normally fly in. Training flights in the military are frequently about getting time in, and keeping currency up.

This flight was a routine NVG/night evaluation that happens all the time.

CNN has ret. Col. Leighton explains where the helicopter pilot's focus is on during a flight and inexperience of the flight route may have played a role. Watch the video footage where it appears the helicopter flies right into the plane.