'I used to fly same route that killed my pilot son - this crash was worst day of my life' The father of a pilot who was killed in the mid-air collision between a commercial plane and a military Black Hawk helicopter revealed they flew the same route and described learning about the tragedy was "the worst day of my life.".
Republican President Donald Trump has already began to cast blame on the previous Democrat administration over diversity hires within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), although investigations have not yet determined whether this was a factor in the crash.
Timothy Lilley, the dad of 28-year-old Sam, praised his son following the disaster that claimed all 67 lives on board the plane and helicopter on Wednesday evening (local time).
"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 crash above the Potomac River in Washington DC is one of the worst disasters in recent American history and has sparked a widespread investigation to understand how it could have happened.
