by Scripps News Staff at WTVR 6 News
Three service members aboard an Army Black Hawk helicopter are believed to have died Wednesday when their aircraft collided with a passenger jet near Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia.
On Friday, the U.S. Army released information on the crew:
Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Georgia, is believed to be deceased pending positive identification.
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O’Hara began service as a UH-60 helicopter repairer in the Army in July of 2014.
The remains of Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Maryland, have not yet been recovered. Eaves is therefore listed as on duty status — whereabouts unknown.
Eaves served in the U.S. Navy from August 2007 to September 2017. He became a UH-60 pilot for the regular Army in September 2017.
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