The plane carried 60 passengers and four crew members. Three soldiers were on board the helicopter. All 67 are believed to have been killed in the late Wednesday accident. Georgia Governor Brian P. Georgia Gov. Marty, the girls, and I ask that all Georgians join us in keeping their loved ones in our thoughts and prayers. The instructor pilot, who was serving as pilot-in-command, had about 1, flight hours, Koziol said.
The instructor pilot was evaluating the second pilot -- who was also qualified as a pilot in command โ for that night training flight and the pilot who was being evaluated had about flight hours, Koziol said.
All three military personnel on board were killed in the midair collision between their helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet late Wednesday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport just outside Washington, D.
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