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Recovery Underway for U.S. Army Helicopter Crash

Excerpt:  “Both pilots were experienced. The instructor pilot had 1,000 flight hours, and the other pilot had 500 hours. Both pilots were aircraft commanders. They had flown this route before as part of their standard training. … The aircraft was in contact with air traffic control, which provides situational awareness. Transponders for automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast and squawk codes are assigned by air traffic control to designate aircraft position on ATC systems and certain aircraft systems. Standard Army aviation procedures also emphasize aircrew coordination and external scanning.”