A transgender military pilot posted a "proof of life" video to refute social media rumors that she flew the helicopter involved in the plane crash that killed 67 people.

A trans member of the National Guard is speaking out after a wave of claims on social media falsely pointed to her as the pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet in Washington,

Following a fatal air collision above the US capital, social media users claimed the Blackhawk helicopter that struck a jetliner was piloted by a transgender service member. But Jo Ellis, the person named in the posts,

In the three years before the deadly collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport, at least two other pilots reported near-misses with helicopters while landing at the airport,

By David Shepardson and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal authorities restricted helicopter flights near the U.S. capital's Reagan Washington National Airport indefinitely on Friday, two days after a midair collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter killed 67 people.

Emergency teams will continue efforts to retrieve the bodies of those who died when a passenger jet and helicopter collided.