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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingley. The National Transportation

Safety Board says it's recovered both black boxes from the wreckage of an American Airlines

regional jet involved in Wednesday night's

mid-air collision with a military helicopter near Washington, D.C. The collision sent both aircraft

into the Potomac River with 67 people presumed dead. NPR's Tom Bowman is following the investigation.

There's a flight corridor for helicopters, and the maximum height is 200 feet.

But sources I talk were say it appears a Blackhawk was flying higher, maybe more than 100 feet

higher at the time of the crash.

Defense Secretary Pete Higsteth would only say there was some sort of an elevation issue.

The investigation, of course, will determine

whether the helicopter was in the corridor and at the right altitude. That's NPR's Tom Bowman.

The collision occurred as flight 5342 from Wichita was attempting to land at Reagan National Airport.

An elite ice skating club outside Boston is grieving the loss of six members of

its community in this week's mid-air collision. Greg Lamult with member station GBAH reports.

The ice here at the skating club of Boston is usually buzzing with activity, but it was silent

as 1956 Olympic champion Tendley Albright, for whom this rink is named, spoke to reporters.

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