SAN ANTONIO — The early findings of a federal investigation into l ast month's deadly helicopter crash near Uvalde say an employee at the ranch the aircraft left from "noticed it was past due to refuel," but doesn't say whether that may have caused it to go down in Kinney County, killing both men onboard.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a report on the American Airlines flight that was hit by a U.S. Army helicopter on its approach to Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C.