Here's what is known about the deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter
A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., sending the two aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River and killing everyone on board.
Helicopters flying along Potomac frequently pose dangers to passenger jets
Wednesday’s fatal collision and two other incidents dramatically illustrate the challenges pilots and air traffic controllers face in the complex, security-sensitive skies above the nation’s capital.
Mid-air collision between passenger flight and military helicopter kills 67 in US capital
On Wednesday evening at approximately 9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, a Black Hawk military helicopter carrying three soldiers collided with American Airlines Flight 5342, a commercial jet carrying 60 people and four crew,
Everyone aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter is feared dead
All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday.
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.
American Airlines plane, Army helicopter collide outside Reagan National Airport near Washington DC
An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside ...
Passenger plane crashes into Potomac after mid-air collision with military helicopter; search-and-rescue efforts underway
A small American Airlines jet collided with a Sikorsky H-60 military helicopter on approach to Reagan Washington National ...
Live updates: ‘No survivors' after plane, helicopter crash into Potomac River
An American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National ...
'Spray of sparks': Witness describes midair collision over Potomac River
While driving home, Ari Shulman said a "spray of sparks" in the sky caught his attention as he watched in horror the midair ...
'The helicopter and the plane crashed in the river': Audio from air traffic control describes disaster over Potomac
Air traffic control watched in horror on Wednesday night as a passenger jet and a U.S. military helicopter collided near ...
American Airlines Plane Crashes into Potomac River After Black Hawk Helicopter Collision: Live Updates
An American Airlines flight crashed into a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter over the Potomac River as it approached Ronald ...
Conditions of DC’s Potomac River make recovery after plane crash difficult. Here’s why
Officials say the conditions of the Potomac River are complicating recovery efforts of the bodies of the 67 presumed dead in ...
More than two dozen bodies pulled from Potomac River after plane collides with military helicopter
WASHINGTON — More than a dozen bodies have been pulled from the Potomac River after a plane collided with a military ...
Watch news briefing as authorities address collision between plane, military helicopter
A media briefing is scheduled to begin at 12:45 am ET from the Reagan National Airport, where a plane carrying over 60 people ...