Washington:
The 28 -year -old pilot of the American Airlines passenger plane, who collided with a Black Hawk helicopter from the US Army. UU. Wednesday, he hoped to marry his fiancee this year, his father said. Sam Lilley was the first officer on the 5342 flight of American Airlines.
In an emotional Facebook post, Sam’s father, Timothy Lilley, said he felt proud when his son became a pilot, but “now it hurts so much that I can’t even cry to sleep.”
“I know I will see him again, but my heart is breaking. I was thriving in his career and personal life,” he wrote.
Timothy, a former army helicopter pilot, shared that Sam was committed to marry in autumn. “It is devastating to lose someone so loved,” he wrote.
At the time of the accident, Timothy was in New York for work. He described the moment he realized that his son was flying when the accident happened as the worst day of his life. He had a feeling of feeling that something was wrong when Sam, which was always recorded, did not.
Talking with Fox News, Timothy, who served as a helicopter pilot for 20 years, recalled to fly inside and outside the pentagon during the 1990 . He believes that the commercial plane followed the appropriate procedures, but the military helicopter made a tragic error.
The collision in the air took place around 8:47 pm Est, three miles from the White House and the United States Capitol. The two aircraft crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport, killing the 67 people on board, which makes it the most fatal American plane crash since 2001.
The reports say that researchers have recovered the black boxes from the passenger plane while rescuers extracted bodies from the Potomac River
The American Airlines plane flew to the capital of the United States from Wichita, Kansas. He had athletes and coaches aboard the world of elite artistic skating, including former Russian world champions Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.
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