4 days ago · All 67 people on board the plane and the helicopter were killed. An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ...

4 days ago · What We Know About the Plane and Helicopter Crash Near Washington. Sixty-seven people were killed after an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River.

2 days ago · DC plane crash investigators recover American Airlines black boxes after midair collision. The National Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered a cockpit voice recorder and flight data ...

4 days ago · As American Airlines flight 5342 approaches DCA, it contacts air traffic control about landing on Runway 1. Controllers ask the pilots to use Runway 33 instead. The pilots confirm the change and ...

4 days ago · 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 ...

3 days ago · The disaster — the first major fatal commercial plane crash in the United States since 2009 — happened just before 9 p.m. ET Wednesday as the American Eagle jet, a regional aircraft owned by ...

2 days ago · An American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, killing 67 people. It was the deadliest air disaster in the United States ...

4 days ago · The last major American Airlines crash occurred in November 2001 near John F. Kennedy International Airport. American Airlines Flight No. 587, an Airbus A300, crashed shortly after takeoff ...

2 days ago · The family of Ian Epstein, the flight attendant onboard American Airlines Flight 5342, is remembering him as a cherished father, husband, brother and stepfather. "Ian Epstein was full of life.

3 days ago · An army helicopter crashed into an American Airlines plane carrying 64 people including staff. ... DC. American Airlines said on Thursday that 60 passengers and four crew members were on board the ...