Flights in and out of the Virginia airport originally halted as dive teams scoured the crash site throughout the night.
A solider involved in the American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter has ties to Gwinnett County.
A retired pilot gives a first-hand view of what it’s like to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.Chuck Smith says he has made that approach and landing hundreds of times in his career. He shared a video with 12 On Your Side showing what it looks like to fly near Washington,
Chief John Donnelly, DC Fire and EMS said the mission has switched from a rescue to a recovery. They have recovered 27 bodies from the American Airlines flight and one from the helicopter. Donnelly said there were no survivors. Officials from area medical examiner offices are working to identify those killed in the crash.
Political leaders had warned about the dangers of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. months before an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on its approach to the airport.
A Georgia high school says that one of the soldiers involved in the mid-air collision was a former student and a member of their MCJROTC program.
A passenger jet collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday evening, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River. There
The crew chief on the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter involved in the crash has been identified as Ryan O’Hara by Parkview High School in Lilburn, Georgia.
American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was attempting to land when the plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided.
There are many questions online about how the fatal crash between a passenger jet and Army helicopter. Here’s what we can VERIFY so far.
As the American Eagle Flight 5342, a CRJ jet, approached the helicopter, the tower controller asked the helicopter pilot if he had the CRJ in sight. The helicopter pilot cannot be heard responding to the question before the two aircraft collided.
A Georgia high school says that one of the soldiers involved in the mid-air collision was a former student and a member of their MCJROTC program.