The U.S. Army on Saturday released the name of the third soldier killed in the midair collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport earlier this week. The crash killed 67 people, including three service members.
The soldier was identified as Captain Rebecca Lobach, an aviation officer from Durham, North Carolina, who had served in the 12th Aviation Battalion at Fort Belvoir, Virginia since 2019. The Army initially withheld her name at the family's request but later released it with their approval.
"She was a bright star in all our lives," her family said in a statement, adding that Lobach was a victim advocate for sexual assault survivors and had planned to become a doctor after her military service.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) provided new details on the crash, revealing that the CRJ700 passenger jet was flying at approximately 325 feet (91 meters) at the time of impact, according to data from the aircraft’s black box. The Army helicopter was believed to be at 200 feet (61 meters), the maximum altitude allowed for its route, though investigators are still reviewing the discrepancy in flight data.
Officials also confirmed that the helicopter crew was warned about the jet two minutes before impact. The cockpit voice recorder captured a verbal reaction from the plane’s crew just one second before the crash, followed by an automated "traffic, traffic, traffic" alert.
The Army had previously identified the other two soldiers killed in the crash as Staff Sergeant Ryan Austin O'Hara, 28, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39.
Efforts to recover wreckage from the Potomac River are set to begin Sunday, with 42 bodies recovered so far, according to Washington, D.C., fire officials.
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Global investors managing more than $3 trillion in assets have urged governments to halt and reverse deforestation and ecosystem destruction by 2030, according to a joint statement released on Monday ahead of next month’s U.N. climate conference in Brazil.
Colombia said on Monday it has recalled its ambassador from Washington after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would raise tariffs on the South American nation and stop all payments to it, intensifying a feud stemming from U.S. military strikes on vessels allegedly transporting drugs.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will be put behind bars on Tuesday, starting a five-year sentence for conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya, in a stunning downfall for a leader once known for his swagger and taste for the global spotlight.
Conservative Sanae Takaichi is set to be voted in as Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, marking a symbolic shattering of the glass ceiling in a country where men still wield most power and setting the stage for a forceful shift to the right.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
Colombia said on Monday it has recalled its ambassador from Washington after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would raise tariffs on the South American nation and stop all payments to it, intensifying a feud stemming from U.S. military strikes on vessels allegedly transporting drugs.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will be put behind bars on Tuesday, starting a five-year sentence for conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya, in a stunning downfall for a leader once known for his swagger and taste for the global spotlight.
Conservative Sanae Takaichi is set to be voted in as Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, marking a symbolic shattering of the glass ceiling in a country where men still wield most power and setting the stage for a forceful shift to the right.
Brazil’s government approved on Monday exploratory drilling by state-run oil company Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River.
Bulgaria has confirmed its readiness to facilitate a potential summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Budapest by permitting Putin's aircraft to traverse its airspace.
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