plane crashes in more than two decades.

All passengers and crew members on the aircrafts – 67 people in total – were killed after the army chopper struck the plane midair.

‘System collapsed’

After digging into through dozens of reports and speaking with several aviation experts, the NYT suggests the tragic crash was not the consequence of just one “misstep,” or “even several missteps.”

The “system collapsed,” the publication writes.

“Multiple layers of safety precautions failed that night,” Katie Thomson, the Federal Aviation Administration’s deputy administrator under President Joe Biden, told the NYT.

Black Hawk crew

On January 29, Capt. Rebecca Lobach was being evaluated on a scenario that involved her swiftly flying members of congress or other senior government