According to the FAA report, “At 1559, Flight 90 was cleared to "taxi into position and hold" and to "be ready for an immediate takeoff." At 1559:28, Flight 90 was cleared for takeoff and told not to delay due to landing traffic which was 2 ½ miles out on approach.”

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are examining the wreckage after an American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter collided midair near Reagan National Airport (DCA),

All major pieces of the American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided last week in Washington, DC, have been recovered, the National Transportation Safety Board announced Saturday.