An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members has collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

Jan 30, 2025 · Officials cautioned that it is still too early to speculate about what led to the crash that killed all 64 on board the American Eagle jet and all three crew members on the Army Black Hawk helicopter.

Jan 30, 2025 · American Eagle Flight No. 5342, which was operated by PSA Airlines, collided midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter at around 9 p.m. Wednesday while approaching a runway at Reagan National Airport ...

Jan 30, 2025 · A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot after the country’s deadliest aviation disaster since 2001.

Jan 30, 2025 · An American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. All 67 people aboard the aircraft are presumed dead.

Jan 30, 2025 · A massive search and rescue effort was underway after an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines jet at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday ...

Jan 30, 2025 · The midair collision Wednesday night between a regional American Airlines passenger jet and a Black Hawk military helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., was "absolutely ...

Jan 30, 2025 · What We Know About the Plane and Helicopter Crash in Washington. Sixty-seven people were killed after an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River.

Jan 30, 2025 · The plane, a Bombardier CRJ700, had travelled from Wichita, Kansas. It was operating as American Airlines flight 5342. The US Army helicopter was a Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk that took off from Fort ...

Jan 30, 2025 · A grainy snippet of video footage taken in the dark of night, seemingly by an airport CCTV camera, appears to show the fatal mid-air collision of an American Airlines passenger plane and a military Black Hawk helicopter.. American Airlines Flight 5342 was on approach at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., the plane showing up on the video as a fuzzy ball of white light in the ...