Plane crash near Washington DC: what we know so far
Published 3 months ago• 2 minute read
Fox Weather
Watch FOX live coverage of DC midair jet crash
Multiple federal agencies are investigating a major aviation crash that happened between a regional jet and a helicopter around Reagan Washington National Airport. The capital area was the benefactor of improved weather over the last couple of days with high temperatures reaching the 60s, which helped break up the ice that had formed along the Potomac River.
The Canadian Press
Passenger jet with 64 aboard collides with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Airport near DC
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided Wednesday 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. There were multiple fatalities, according to a person familiar with the matter, but the precise number of victims was unclear as rescue crews hunted for any survivors.
ABC News
DC plane crash victims: What we know about those aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, Army Black Hawk
Dozens of people are dead after a regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over Washington, D.C., officials said, the nation's first major commercial airline crash since 2009. The flight -- which had departed from Wichita, Kansas -- was approaching Reagan National Airport at the time of the collision, officials said. Among those lost in the crash were 14 people who were returning home from a national figure skating development camp in Wichita, according to Doug Zeghibe, the CEO and executive director for the Skating Club of Boston.
The Daily Beast
CNN Personality Apologizes After Blaming Trump for D.C. Plane Crash Disaster
A CNN commentator swiftly took down a post and apologized after suggesting that President Donald Trump was responsible for Wednesday’s aircraft collision in Washington D.C. In a post on X, network contributor Bakari Sellers reasoned that “timing matters” in bringing up politics following a disaster—and that he might have done so too soon, while local emergency personnel are still actively searching for survivors. The Federal Aviation Administration, American Airlines, and U.S. Army have all conf
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