Dad of pilot flying American Airlines jet that crashed speaks out on 'worst day of my life’ The 28-year-old pilot leaves behind a fiancé, his father said.
Lilley himself served as an Army helicopter pilot for 20 years, telling Fox 5 that he has flown a similar route over the Potomac River.
The father of the man piloting the American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C. has spoken out.
“In the '90s, I used to fly in and out of the Pentagon regularly, and I can tell you if you are flying on the route over the Potomac and wearing night vision goggles, it's going to be very hard to see that plane.
The collision happened Wednesday night as the American Airlines flight descended toward Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
