Jo Ellis was not flying the helicopter. The Army identified the Black Hawk crew as Ryan Austin O’Hara, Andrew Loyd Eaves and Rebecca M. Lobach.

NTSB investigators have recovered the Black Hawk helicopter from a Washington, D.C. collision with an American Airlines airplane from the the Potomac River. Parts of the wreckage are being transported to Ronald Reagan Washington National airport for further examination.

A key safety system was turned off in a US army helicopter when it crashed into an American Airlines flight last week, killing 67 people.

Data from air traffic control radar showed the military chopper was flying at 300 feet on the air traffic control display at the time of the fiery crash, according to the NTSB.

The wreckage was recovered one week after a deadly collision with a passenger jet near Washington that killed 67 people.

He indicated 27 bodies had been recovered from the airplane, and one from the helicopter.

The Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger plane near Washington, D.C., was drilling mysterious 'continuity of government' plans.