The crash killed at least 28 people, with the rest aboard feared dead, after the plane collided with a U.S. Army helicopter

The pilot of the military helicopter that collided into an American Airlines flight was wearing night vision goggles, possibly obscuring their vision, President Donald Trump said Thursday. “On a clear night,

Veteran military pilot Matthew Buckley told NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas that night vision goggles — if being worn at the time of the crash — may have hindered the pilot’s vision. Buckley said he doesn’t use night vision goggles when flying near cities because they have a tendency to “wash out” a pilot’s vision.