Investigators have found conflicting altimeter readings from the control tower data of the Black Hawk military helicopter and the passenger jet that collided on Jan. 29.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials told reporters on Saturday that preliminary altimeter data don’t match the events on the night of the deadly accident.
Officials said the control tower recorded the Black Hawk helicopter flying at an altitude of 200 feet at the time of the collision, in line with its maximum allowed altitude for its flight path.
However, data from the passenger jet’s flight recorder showed the collision occurred at an altitude of around 325 feet, plus or minus 25 feet….