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Pete Hegseth: “A senior level aviation team, an investigative team from our…”

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gives update on DC aircraft collision

Published | Video Starts at 01:34

They did have night vision goggles. The 12th Aviation Battalion as of now is granted a 48 hour operational pause on contingency missions as what happened is reviewed. And A senior level aviation team, an investigative team from our Aviation Safety center was deployed last night and already is in Washington D.C. to investigate what's going on. We anticipate that the investigation will quickly be able to determine whether the aircraft was in the corridor and at the right altitude at the time of the incident. (01:34–01:45)

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Asserts that a senior-level aviation investigative team has been deployed to Washington D.C. to investigate the incident.

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