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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 ...
Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Jan. 30. For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane crash ...
U.S. Coast Guard, local, state and federal agencies respond to an aircraft collision in Washington D.C., January 30, 2025. ©Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles | U.S. Coast Guard photo
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 aircraft suffered a mid-air explosion due to a bomb in the baggage compartment and crashed. It was the first confirmed act of air sabotage in commercial aviation. March 31, 1931 8 0 0 1931 Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 crash: Bazaar Township: Kansas: Fokker F-10
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
The plane reached an altitude of about 1,600 feet during its first descent, FlightAware shows. At the same time, the airline's spokesperson confirmed audio and flight-tracking data showed the ...
A 2010 amendment to the Pilot Record Improvement Act (PRIA) passed after the 2009 crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 required the FAA to record training failures in the database; however, this provision had not been fully implemented due to privacy concerns and industry opposition, particularly from business aviation operators who objected to the ...