Emergency teams will continue efforts to retrieve the bodies of those who died when a passenger jet and helicopter collided.
An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. A D.C. fire official said Thursday that “we don't think there are any survivors from this accident" and "we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.
After an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac river Jan. 29, more than 30 bodies have been recovered, NBC Washington has confirmed.
Staffing levels at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport were 'not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,' according to a preliminary report
WASHINGTON — An American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 people collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter late Wednesday near Reagan National Airport in Virginia just across from the District of Columbia, plunging both aircraft into the Potomac River.
Emergency teams will continue efforts to retrieve the bodies of those who died when a passenger jet and helicopter collided.
It collided with a military helicopter on a training flight while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, near Washington DC. The airport's runways have since been closed while a search for survivors takes place.
An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night. Officials said no survivors are expected.
A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while preparing to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., sending the aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River and killing everyone on board.
A regional jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, crashed into a Black Hawk while on approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport.
The flight appeared to collide with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.
The first Wichita to D.C. flight in January 2024 was celebrated by the city, and members of the Kansas congressional delegation.