Investigation into DC plane and helicopter collision looking at potential mistakes in ‘no margin for error’ situation
As recovery crews endure cold water and miserable rain Friday to attempt to pull more wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter from the Potomac River, investigators are intensifying their search for the collision’s cause – with initial concerns already raised about the path of at least one of the aircraft.
Army helicopter was alerted to plane’s presence two minutes before collision
Air traffic controllers twice alerted the crew of a U.S. Army helicopter to the presence of an inbound American Airlines jet, with the first warning issued two minutes before the aircraft collided Wednesday night near Reagan National Airport,
DC plane crash timeline: Midair collision involves 67 passengers, crew members, soldiers
A timeline of the Washington, D.C., plane crash on Jan. 29 details the moments before and after an American Airlines passenger flight and Army helicopter collided over the Potomac.
What to Know About the Passenger Jet, Army Helicopter Collision Near Washington, D.C.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin told Reuters that more than half of the victims’ bodies have been recovered as of Thursday. The commercial jet had 64 people aboard, while the Army helicopter had three people on board, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser earlier said.
What to know about the passenger jet and helicopter that crashed in DC
An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the Potomac River after a mid-air collision near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said.
A trans National Guard pilot was falsely accused of flying the helicopter in the fatal plane collision
A trans member of the National Guard is speaking out after a wave of claims on social media falsely pointed to her as the ...
Pilots have reported repeated close calls similar to fatal collision near DC airport
Airline pilots flying into Washington, D.C., have reported nearly a dozen near misses over the years that were scarily ...
U.S. Army withholds name of one Black Hawk soldier killed in D.C. collision
The U.S. Army on Friday released the names of two of the soldiers killed when the military Black Hawk in which they were ...
What we know about some of the D.C. midair collision victims
As many as 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, and the Black Hawk helicopter was ...
Midair collision kills 67 people in the deadliest US air disaster in almost a quarter century
A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard the two ...
D.C. Plane Crash Live: NTSB to Hold Briefing on Midair Collision Investigation
Black boxes recovered after a jet and Army helicopter collided near DC; 14 still missing as NTSB investigates the deadly ...
Trump sparks outcry with implication that DEI policies are at fault in D.C. midair collision
At his first news conference since the aircraft collision over the Potomac River, President Donald Trump implied Thursday ...
A groom-to-be pilot, a daughter of Indian immigrants and figure skating champions are among DC air collision victims
Here are some of the victims of the tragedy identified so far. A mother and her young son Julia Kay and her son, 11-year-old ...