The pilot of the Black Hawk that crashed into a passenger jet in January, killing all 67 people aboard both aircraft, failed to turn the military helicopter when advised to do so by her co-pilot, according to a new report.

On Sunday, The New York Times published new details on various “failures” underlying the mid-air collision, which happened over the Potomac River in the Washington, D.C., area.

In the final moments, Capt. Rebecca Lobach, who was piloting the Army Black Hawk Helicopter involved in the crash, was told by her co-pilot and instructor, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, that he believed air traffic control wanted them to turn left to avoid the American Airlines passenger jet as it was about to land at Reagan National Airport.

“Turning left would have opened up more space between the helicopter and Flight 5342, which was heading for Runway 33 at an altitude of roughly 300 feet,” the New York Times report said. “She did not turn left.”

Investigators “might never know why” Lobach continued flying the helicopter straight, the report asserted.

“There is no indication that she was suffering from health issues at the time or that a medical event affected her during those final moments aboard the Black Hawk, according to friends and people familiar with the crash investigation, which included autopsies and performance log reviews,” it said.

As noted in the report, there were other issues underlying the deadly incident, including those related to the helicopter’s altitude and radio communications.

The air traffic controller had contacted the Black Hawk, asking if its crew had seen the passenger jet, according to the report. Eaves said they saw “traffic” and requested permission for “visual separation” that would allow the helicopter to maneuver around it.

But cockpit voice recordings “indicate” the controller’s command for the Black Hawk to “pass behind” the passenger jet may not have been heard by the military helicopter crew because of a “bleep-out” when they activated their microphone.

Two seconds after the controller’s cut-out instruction, Eaves again communicated that the helicopter had the jet in its sights and sought the go-ahead for visual separation. In their last communication, the controller replied, “Vis sep approved.” That’s when, with 15 seconds to go, Eaves told Lobach that he believed air traffic control had given them the go-ahead to turn.

CNN’s primetime ratings on Wednesday dipped below 500,000 viewers, with less than 100,000 of those coming from the 25-54-year-old demographic.

CNN’s ratings dipped below 500,000 after 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday evening during “The Source with Kaitlan Collins,” according to AdWeek. Collins pulled 464,000 total viewers while “NewsNight with Abby Phillip” in the 10 p.m. hour followed with 459,000. “Laura Coates Live” finished off primetime’s 11 p.m. hour for CNN with 269,000.

“Anderson Cooper 360” was the only primetime CNN performance with over half-a-million viewers, pulling in 535,000.

All the network’s primetime shows failed to break 100,000 viewers for the coveted 25-54 demographic. Cooper had the best showing with 93,000, then Phillip with 90,000, then Collins with 76,000, and Coates ended the night with just 46,000 viewers in the age group.

 The new numbers are a troubling sign for the network.

“CNN’s full-scale collapse continues rapidly. It reaches a remarkable new low led by @kaitlancollins and @abbydphillip: fewer than 500,000 viewers total in prime-time! That’s almost impossible to do even if you wanted it,” independent journalist Glenn Greenwald noted. “Also, they’re well below 100k for viewers under 55.”

CNN's full-scale collapse continues rapidly. It reaches a remarkable new low led by @kaitlancollins and @abbydphillip: fewer than 500,000 viewers total in prime-time! That's almost impossible to do even if you wanted it.

Also, they're well below 100k for viewers under 55. pic.twitter.com/4gG4jMWBTH

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 27, 2025

The best hour on CNN was still behind MSNBC’s worst hour and far below the worst hour on Fox News. “The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle” at 11 p.m. on MSNBC brought in 799,000 total viewers with 99,000 in the 25-54 demographic. Fox News’ “FOX News @ Night” with Trace Gallagher brought in over 1.5 million total viewers with 194,000 in the key demographic.

CNN has struggled with ratings for years. One week in November saw the network mark its lowest-rated week since June 2001, bringing in an average of just 268,000 viewers. During the same week, Fox News averaged 1.4 million viewers.

In 2022, the failure of CNN+, the network’s shot at an online streaming service, rocked the outlet. Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company, invested roughly $300 million into launching the online platform and brought on big names such as Chris Wallace to sustain it, only for it to collapse shortly after launch.

Several years before that collapse of CNN+, the outlet settled a $275 million lawsuit brought against it by Nicholas Sandmann, who was maligned by many in the media as a student of Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky when he was filmed in an incident with a Native American activist.