THE men who piloted the ill-fated American Airlines plane that crashed into a Black Hawk and fell into a river have been named.
Sam Lilley, 28, and Jonathan Campos, 34, are among the 67 people who were killed in the horrifying accident outside Washington, DC.
A “elevation issue” caused their passenger aircraft to catch fire and break into three parts before plunging into the Potomac River as a US Military helicopter obstructed its path.
The journey from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., had proceeded smoothly up until that tragic point, prompting authorities to delve into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
The American Airlines plane had sixty passengers and four crew members, and there were three Army soldiers on the Black Hawk.
There are no survivors, making this the most deadly US air crash in over 24 years.
