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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - FEBRUARY 03: A crane lifts a jet engine out of the Potomac River during recovery efforts after the American Airlines crash on February 03, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.
It was also the first fatal crash involving American Airlines since Flight 587 on November 12, 2001, [49] as well as the first fatal crash of a CRJ700 series aircraft. [50] It was the first crash in the Potomac River since Air Florida Flight 90 on January 13, 1982. [51]
A police rescue team drives down to the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport after an air crash in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2025. AFP via Getty Images
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the midair collision of a passenger jet and helicopter near Washington, D.C., for Monday, Feb. 3. For the latest news, view our story for Tuesday ...
A barge carrying a crane moves parts of the wreckage of a passenger jet from the Potomac River on Feb. 5, 2025. Salvage crews are removing pieces of American Eagle Flight 5342 and a Black Hawk ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 23:27, 2 February 2025: 5,054 × 3,783 (4.09 MB): Ooligan: File:NTSB recovery of crash related items on the Potomac River, 2 February 2025 - 1.jpg cropped 38 % horizontally, 31 % vertically, 57 % areawise using CropTool with lossless mode.
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.
A passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter that collided in midair on the night of Jan. 29 and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., left no survivors ...