There were 60 passengers and four crew members on board the jet, according to a statement from American Airlines. According to CNN, the Army helicopter had three soldiers onboard.
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00:00Crash, crash, crash. This is alert 3. Crash, crash, crash. This is alert 3.
00:07Crash, crash, crash. This is alert 3.
00:10Where's the alert 3?
00:11It is off the approach end of runway 33. Approach end of runway 33. Helicopter crashed.
00:17Helicopter CRJ. Approach end of runway 33. Approach end of runway 33. A mile off final.
00:22Tower, this is operations. Was that a U-Haul and a CRJ?
00:27That is affirmative.
00:30Helicopter CRJ. Approach end of runway 33.
00:32Tower, ops.
00:33Yeah, go ahead.
00:34Do we know what helicopter company?
00:36PAT.
00:38PAT?
00:39Yeah.
00:41Is that military?
00:42Yes.