American Airlines Plane Crash Ends U.S. Aviation’s Safety Streak
While landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday shortly before 9 p.m., American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the icy Potomac River.
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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 Wednesday night, with no survivors expected.
67 believed dead after American Airlines plane collides with Army helicopter
There were no survivors after an American Airlines regional jet with 64 people aboard collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter moments before the airplane was set to land at Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said. The accident was the worst air disaster in the U.S. since 2001.
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Everyone aboard a plane that collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., are feared dead, which would make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly 24 years.
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May 11, 1996: A Valujet Airlines flight crashed into the Everglades about 10 minutes after takeoff from the Miami International Airport. The crash killed all 105 passengers and five crew members. Oct. 31, 1994: An American Eagle flight in Roselawn, Indiana, crashed, killing 64 passengers and four crew members.
Everyone aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter is feared dead
ARLINGTON, Va. — All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday.
It's been nearly 16 years since the last deadly commercial plane crash in America
It's been more than two decades since American Airlines, the nation's largest carrier, was involved in a deadly crash.
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The last major collision of a commercial U.S. airline dates back to 2009, when a Colgan Air incident left 50 dead near Buffalo, New York. Federal regulators tightened safety requirements following the crash, including bolstering aircraft carrier inspection requirements and pilot training hours.
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An American Airlines regional passenger jet was involved in a mid-air collision on Wednesday night with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said.
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President Donald Trump and senior members of his administration wasted no time in pointing fingers, advancing politically contentious claims even before evidence could be analyzed.
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Fatal crashes of commercial aircraft in the U.S. have become a rarity. The last was in 2009 near Buffalo, New York.
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Here are some of the deadliest plane crashes in US history
An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while ...