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Investigators probing the January midair collision of a passenger plane and an Army helicopter over Washington that killed 67 people found the chopper was flying higher than it should have been and its altitude readings were inaccurate. The details came out of the first day of National Transportation Safety Board hearings in Washington, where investigators aim to uncover insights into …

US probes Army helicopter altitude data in fatal January crash with jet  Reuters Less than a second before hitting a passenger jet, helicopter instructor told pilot to change course, NTSB hearing reveals  CNN Helicopter in fatal Washington plane crash was flying too high  The Telegraph ‘It’s going to be a gut punch’: Families of Flight 5342 brace for days-long NTSB investigative hearing  WAVY.com Helicopter …