The Army goggles would have made it difficult to see the plane's colored lights, which might have helped the Black Hawk determine the plane's direction. The goggles also limited the pilots' peripheral vision as they flew near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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An air traffic controller should have warned an American Airlines Group Inc. jet that there was a US Army Black Hawk in the vicinity before the two craft collided midair near Washington in January, a Federal Aviation Administration official said.