Listen: Air traffic controller audio before the midair plane crash near D.C.
It will be some time before investigators can offer clear answers to the cause of the midair crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport but air traffic controller audio and radar reviewed by NPR offer some insight into what happened before.
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Flight radar from air traffic control show the crash between a passenger plane and military helicopter in D.C.
Flight radar shows the collision while former NTSB investigator talks about how long the investigation into the crash could take.
Traffic control radar shows moment of Washington DC crash
Footage of an air traffic control room screen shows the radar view of an American Airlines plane colliding with a military helicopter.
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A source tells NBC News that, according to a preliminary FAA report, a single air traffic controller was handling both planes and helicopters when the crash occurred. Normally at the D.C. tower at that time of day and for the volume of air traffic,
Listen: Air traffic controllers appear to try to stop collision
Audio from moments before collision captures controllers asking the military helicopter if it has seen the passenger jet.
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