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The two aircraft collided at a height yet to be precisely established (at its last tracking point, the plane was below 300 feet [91 m]), causing the helicopter to explode and crash into the Potomac River. The airliner's airspeed was 128 miles per hour (206 km/h; 111 kn). [34]
A barge carrying a crane moves parts of the wreckage from the Potomac River after American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
WATCH: Crews begin removing wreckage from Potomac River after deadly DC plane crash. 17:24, Graig Graziosi. First major pieces of wreckage have been pulled from Potomac River crash site.
The NTSB says the bodies of fall 67 people who died in the crash have been removed from the Potomac River. ... DC plane crash updates: Officials recover all 67 people killed in devastating collision.
At 4:01 pm EST, it crashed into the 14th Street Bridge across the Potomac River, 0.75 nmi (0.9 mi; 1.4 km) from the end of the runway. The plane hit six cars and a truck on the bridge, and tore away 97 feet (30 m) of the bridge's rail and 41 feet (12 m) of the bridge's wall. [4]: 5 The aircraft then plunged into the freezing Potomac River.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began operations Feb. 3, 2025, to remove the mangled fuselage of a plane and a helicopter from the Potomac River after a midair collision near Ronald Reagan ...
A crane retrieves part of the wreckage from the Potomac River, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle Flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter, by Ronald Reagan Washington National ...
An arduous and slow recovery mission. The mangled wreckage in the Potomac River has made the recovery effort especially difficult for dive teams, who have struggled to access parts of the plane ...