WSJ has learned the destination of the helicopter that collided with an airplane in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a plane in Washington, D.C., was intended to transport VIPs. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal on February 1.

It is specified that the helicopter was carrying out one of the training missions as part of the training to perform tasks to "transport top U.S. leaders to a safe zone in the event of an attack on the capital of the country."

According to the magazine, the incident sparked a lot of discussion about whether such exercises should be carried out within the "congested airspace of Washington".

Also as a result of the collision in the U.S. thought about how it is possible to carry out air cab transportation without harming the surrounding area, especially near the territory of the Ronald Reagan National American Airport.

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Earlier in the day, the CBC television channel reported that rescuers had recovered the bodies of two of the three crew members of a military helicopter that crashed into a passenger jet in the skies above Washington, DC.

The New York Times reported at the time that the U.S. Army was not releasing the identity of the female pilot of the military helicopter. The Army said the helicopter's crew members were "among the best." According to the newspaper, it is not yet clear what exactly prompted the pilot's family to ask that her name not be released. The NYT calls the issue of the woman's identity "particularly sensitive."

Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board in the United States, noted on January 31 that it could take a year to determine the exact cause of the crash. In addition, he said that investigators have retrieved all flight recorders (black boxes) from the crashed airplane and helicopter. According to him, the helicopter's recorders have been merged and investigators are confident that they will also be able to retrieve all the necessary data from them.

On the night of January 30, near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington collided passenger plane American Airlines and a military helicopter Black Hawk, after the accident they fell into the Potomac River. On board the civilian aircraft were 60 passengers and four crew members, on the helicopter - three military. US President Donald Trump reported no survivors of the plane crash in Washington, DC. According to the latest data, 41 bodies were found, of which 28 were identified.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that there were Russian citizens in the plane that crashed in Washington, D.C., and there were Russian figure skaters on board. According to him, the US and Russia were in contact through diplomatic channels after the airplane crash. On February 1, the Russian Embassy in Washington reported that the U.S. State Department confirmed the data on the Russians Yevgeniya Shishkova, Vadim Naumov and Inna Volyanskaya who died in the plane crash.