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The pilot’s comforting words came just before the flight took off at 7:22 p.m. Thursday, according to public flight records — and less than 23 hours after an American Airlines passenger plane ...
The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines flight was alerted to the plane’s presence by air control twice, according to the reports. AFP via Getty Images
American Eagle flight 5342 was traveling from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., and had 60 passengers and four crew members on board, American Airlines said in a statement.
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.
A timeline of the Washington, D.C., plane crash on Jan. 29 details the moments before and after an American Airlines passenger flight and Army helicopter collided over the Potomac.
Delta Flight 954, operating the Convair, experienced miscommunication with air traffic control and were crossing a runway in poor visibility when North Central Airlines Flight 575, operating the DC-9, were in their takeoff roll on the same runway. The DC-9 attempted to fly over the Convair but struck it and then crash landed back on the runway.
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 ...
As of January 2025, American Airlines has had almost sixty aircraft hull losses, beginning with the crash of a Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor in August 1931. [1] [2] Of the hull losses, most were propeller driven aircraft, including three Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft (of which one, the crash in 1959 of Flight 320, resulted in fatalities). [2]