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Inside the Helicopter That Caused the Potomac Air Disaster

By Jeff Wise · Intelligencer · January 2026
Inside the Helicopter That Caused the Potomac Air Disaster
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"Jeff Wise reports on what happened inside the cockpit of the Black Hawk helicopter that caused the Potomac air disaster. Two undertrained pilots went on an ill-conceived trip through the most dangerous airspace in America. 67 people died."

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