Timeline of the year since an Army helicopter and plane collided over Washington
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FILE - A crane offloads a piece of wreckage from a salvage vessel onto a flatbed truck, near the wreckage site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 5, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)FILE - A piece of wreckage is lifted from the water onto a salvage vessel near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 4, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)Aircraft jet making final approach before landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026 in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)This photo provided by the Lilley Family shows Sam Lilley sitting in the cockpit of a plane. Sam Lilley was killed in January 2025 after the airline jet he was the first officer on collided with an Army helicopter over Washington D.C. (Lilley Family via AP)This photo provided by the Lilley Family shows Sam Lilley, right, with his fianc Lydia Coles. The couple was set to get married in October. Lilley was killed in January 2025 after the airline jet he was the first officer on collided with an Army helicopter over Washington D.C. (Lilley Family via AP)
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FILE - A crane offloads a piece of wreckage from a salvage vessel onto a flatbed truck, near the wreckage site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 5, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)