An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and 4 crew members collided with an Army Sikorsky UH 60 Black Hawk helicopter, with 3 crew, approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday January 28th. The midair collision resulted in a fireball explosion sending the two aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River and killing everyone onboard. We know this to be true as several videos recorded the incident as it occurred.
We also know that the helicopter was at a higher elevation than it was cleared to be when it deviated from 200 feet to 350 feet where it met the incoming commercial jet half a mile out from landing on Runway 33.
We have been told that the Black Hawk may have been flying dark (without lights) on a training mission using night vision goggles. But new video released by CNN proves that is not true as both the helicopter and commercial jet are well lit.
We also know from publically available reports that a jet aborted landing at Reagan National Airport (DCA) the day before the crash. American Airlines flight 4514 was forced to abort its first attempt to land at DCA after Army helicopter (PAT19) appeared in its flight path Tuesday.
What does not seem to add up is as follows:
- Why did the PAT25 Army helicopter turn off its GPS before the collision?
- Why did PAT25 fly directly towards the jet that was on approach for 10 seconds before impact?
- Why did PAT25 not respond when asked if they had the jet in sight?
- Why did PAT25 increase its altitude 200 feet just before impacting the jet in violation of aviation Rt. 4?
- Why did PAT25 deviate to the west of Rt. 4 when that route is over the East Bank of the Potomac River?
- Why was there only one ATC in the tower for both aircraft when 2 are required by the FAA?
- How did PAT25 not see AA5342 on final approach on a clear night?
- Since the ATC advised PAT25 to cross after AA5342, why didn’t they stop and hover and wait?
- Why did the ATC not advise both pilots he was getting a CA (crash alert) on his radar?
- Why is the government refusing to release the name of the female helicopter pilot?
“The Helicopter Crash DOESN’T MAKE SENSE… What REALLY Happened???”- Man in America
CONCLUSION:
These Black Hawk PAT helicopters are from the US Army’s B Company, 12th Aviation Battalion, known as the GOLD TOPS. This unit provides VIP transportation via “Priority Air Transport” for the DoD using Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks. They are based out of Fort Belvoir in Virginia. They are known for carrying VIPs in emergencies.
While the official position of the government has been there was/were no official VIPs on PAT25 on January 29, some former military sleuths have used Internet radar history tracking to determine PAT25 took off (or at least became visible to radar) at the street address of, 811 Lawton Street in McClean, Virginia. The owner of that address appears to be the “Saudi Arabia Royal Embassy”.
Three other disturbing observations from former military sources are:
- Is it possible somebody could have made a transponder switch as part of a cover up of an intentional act?
- Why was the helicopter flying so erratically just before the crash according to radar data history?
- Did people know that model helicopter can be flown remotely by somebody 300 miles away?
“Command an Autonomous Black Hawk Helicopter from 300 Miles Away” – Lockheed Martin
It seems like the Democrats want to try to score some points against the Republicans in this political melee but that will backfire.
After all, it is a proven fact that former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, an open homosexual, promoted the Biden-Harris Administration’s Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) thrust to the point of passing over well qualified white male air traffic controllers for lesser qualified people from a variety of persuasions.
President Donald Trump is well within his right to ask questions and point blame at the previous administration where the blame is appropriate. It is time for all of his naysayers to pipe down! The reason is we just lost 67 fellow Americans in an accident who never saw it coming and should have never happened.
Two things about this episode in American aviation history weigh heavy on my mind:
- Did somebody take remote control over this Black Hawk as that unidentified female pilot tried to wrestle control back from them causing the erratic flight path along river Route 4?
- Could Air Force 1 be taken down in a similar incident and was this a practice run for such an event yet to come?
All pilots need to immediately be taught how to disable any land-based autonomous control systems taking control of their aircrafts and I hope Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is on top of this.
“Was it on purpose?” – Grant Stinchfield
As this story concludes, another plane or jet has crashed in or around Philadelphia. This could be a coincidence or something more sinister. Time will tell.
© 2025 by Mark S. Schwendau
