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REVEALED: Washington air disaster probe uncovers instrument comms issues - The Real Truth

A crane removes wreckage from the Potomac River of American Eagle Flight 5342, which collided with a US Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport (Credit: AFP)

Faulty instruments and communication problems may have caused a passenger jet and army helicopter to collide in the worst US air disaster in two decades, flight safety investigators said Friday.

The airliner was coming in to land at Reagan National Airport -- just a few miles from the White House -- when it collided with a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk on a training mission, killing 67 people.

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