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Editor's note: This page reflects news from Friday, Jan. 31. For the latest updates on the plane crash, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the investigation on Saturday, Feb. 1. WASHINGTON ...
An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on ...
A crane retrieves part of the helicopter from the Potomac River, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the river, by the ...
First Officer Edward H. Saunders, aged 33, had been employed by National Airlines since 1965, with 7,086 flight hours of which 445 hours were on the DC-10. Flight Engineer Golden W. Hanks, aged 55, employed by National Airlines since 1950, with 17,814 flight hours of which 1,252 flight hours were on the DC-10.
On January 29, 2025, a United States Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter collided mid-air with American Airlines Flight 5342 (operated by PSA Airlines as American Eagle), [a] a Bombardier CRJ700 airliner, over the Potomac River, about half a mile (800 m) short of runway 33 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia.
Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Feb. 6. For the latest updates, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the plane crash investigation on Friday, Feb. 7 ...
The incident led to improvements on runway markings, approach procedures, and crew training to prevent similar accidents in the future. [11] 56: The DC-10’s eighth deadliest crash happened on December 12, 1992 with Martinair Flight 495. When a large thunderstorm had developed near Faro airport, accompanied by heavy rain, windshear and low ...
The crash on Jan. 29 involved a military-operated helicopter on a routine training mission and an American Airlines plane about to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport from Wichita ...