Rescue effort turns to recovery after American Airlines jet carrying 60 collides with military chopper over DC
The American Airlines flight traveling from Wichita, Kan., collided with the military chopper while approaching Runaway 33 at the DC airport around 9 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation ...
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American Airlines jet collides with helicopter over Potomac
The FAA confirms the flight was a commuter jet, American Airlines 5342, out of Wichita ... is located directly across the ...
American Airlines flight collides with Army helicopter near Reagan National, more than 30 bodies recovered
A small commercial airliner and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National ...
What we know after American Eagle plane and Black Hawk helicopter collide near Washington, D.C.
Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel were killed, and a recovery ...
Helicopter May Have Deviated From Approved Path Before Deadly Crash
The Army Black Hawk is said to have been flying higher than it should have been when it collided with a passenger jet, killing 67 people. And the air traffic controller on duty was doing a job usually ...
Conditions May Have Stymied Black Hawk Crew Before Fatal Crash
The Army pilots were juggling dark skies, low altitude, a busy airspace and a cockpit without certain traffic detectors ...
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Everything we know so far about the American Airlines jet that crashed into a Black Hawk helicopter
American Airlines ... jet] in sight?" "PAT 2-5 pass behind the CRJ," the operator then adds. Exclamations are then heard before a controller adds—presumably to the airport base: "I don't know ...
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American Airlines plane collides with helicopter in D.C., crashes into Potomac River
American Eagle Flight 5342 was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members when it crashed, according to American Airlines CEO Robert Isom. The plane was a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated ...
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The Latest: Collision between passenger jet and Army helicopter near DC leaves no survivors
Officials said Thursday that the remains will be at Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware ... with an American Airlines passenger jet late Wednesday near ...