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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 ...
WASHINGTON – Search crews recovered 41 bodies from the Potomac River after the collision of a passenger plane and a U.S. Army helicopter killed 67 people in the deadliest aviation disaster in ...
The NTSB had a full crew on the scene Thursday, with about 50 people at the crash site and additional personnel at the agency’s headquarters and labs across the country ready to assist.
The NTSB investigators recovering the wreckage of the PSA Airlines plane Flight recorder of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter recovered by the NTSB from the Potomac River on February 2 According to the NTSB, preliminary data shows that, at the moment of impact, the airplane was likely at an altitude of 325 feet (99 m) plus or minus 25 feet (7.6 m).
Follow The Post's live updates on the deadly plane crash near DC's Reagan National Airport that left no survivors after an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet Wednesday night.
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 ...
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the national civil aviation authorities support and encourage the collection of light aircraft accident data in order to provide more in-depth statistics and analysis. In the UK, there were 27 fatal accidents involving GA aircraft in 2007, resulting in the loss of 48 lives.
[1]: 48, 49 The aircraft's first flight of the day was uneventful because it did not reach the accident flight's top speed of 260 knots (480 km/h; 300 mph). [1] The NTSB cited the failure of airline maintenance and inspection personnel to adhere to proper maintenance and quality-assurance procedures.