A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas has killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.
The airspace around Washington, D.C., is congested and complex — a combination aviation experts have long worried could lead to catastrophe.
An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday evening, U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News.
An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard 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.
A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue
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.
Sixty-seven passengers and crew died in Wednesday night's crash between a regional American Airlines jet and a Blackhawk helicopter from Fort Belvoir near Reagan National Airport.
There wer no survivors after an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. The plane carried 60 passengers and four crew
It collided with a military helicopter on a training flight while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, near Washington DC. The airport's runways have since been closed while a search for survivors takes place.
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The crash between a regional jet and a military helicopter left 67 dead, including three students and six parents in Fairfax and multiple former students of Loudoun public schools.