India, Jan. 30 -- Pete Hegseth provided an update on the horrific mid-air collision of the American Airlines regional jet and the Black Hawk helicopter. Calling the accident a "horrible loss of life" for all those aboard the civilian aircraft, the defence secretary revealed that the army chopper was carrying three soldiers.

In a video shared on X by the Department of Defence, Hegseth said, "At about 8:48 last night, a UH60, assigned to the U.S. Army Aviation Brigade in the military district of Washington, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, collided tragically with a civilian airliner."

While he declined to identify the soldiers onboard the chopper, Hegseth revealed, "The Army unit involved was with Bravo Company, 12th Aviation Battalion at Fort Be...