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It was the first major commercial passenger flight accident in the U.S. in nearly 16 years, following Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009. It was also the first fatal crash involving American Airlines since Flight 587 on November 12, 2001, [ 50 ] as well as the first fatal crash of a CRJ700 series aircraft. [ 51 ]
A crane retrieves part of the wreckage of American Eagle Flight 5342 from the Potomac River, in the aftermath of the deadly midair collision between the plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, by ...
The pilot of the passenger plane that hit a military chopper and crashed in the Potomac River this week may have attempted a last second move to evade the collision, NTSB said at a news conference.
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
The Captain, Larry M. Wheaton, aged 34, was hired by Air Florida in October 1978 as a first officer.He was promoted to captain in August 1980. At the time of the accident, he had about 8,300 total flight hours, with 2,322 hours of commercial jet experience, all logged at Air Florida.
The air traffic control failure was caused by flight data received by National Air Traffic Services (Nats), the chief executive said
The Flight 3407 Memorial Scholarship would cover costs for up to four years of undergraduate study at a SUNY or CUNY school, or a private college or university in New York. [45] A memorial was created at the site of the crash, dedicated to lives lost in this disaster. It includes a landscaped garden. [46]
An American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter while en route to Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport. The airport near the U.S. capital is notorious ...