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PermalinkThe pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with the
American Airlines passenger airplane did not comply with
directions to change course seconds before the fatal incident,
a bombshell new report has revealed.
On the night of January 29, Army Black Hawk pilot Capt. Rebecca
Lobach was conducting an annual flight evaluation with her
co-pilot Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, who was
serving as her flight instructor.
Three months on, new details published by The New York Times
revealed that the pilot made more than one mistake leading to
one of the worst catastrophes in aviation history.
Not only was Lobach flying her Black Hawk too high, but in the
final moments before the impact, she failed to take advice
and instruction from her co-pilot to switch course.
. . .
This is the result of the analysis. She zoomed up
too high and then didn't listen to directions from
her instructor. Splat.