Officials say more than 60 people were aboard the plane when it and an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided over the Potomac River late Wednesday night.
"Just the horror that the parents are going through. It just that blows me away. It makes me so sad for the families," said Joanne Kispert, 74, whose father died in the 2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New York in 2001.
The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world champions in the pairs event. They were also a married couple with a son who finished fourth last week at the U.
We mourn with all those who have been impacted,” Wu said in an emotional press conference on Thursday, Jan. 30. “This is a terrible tragedy that will unite those in Washington, D.C. and Wichita, Kansas,
Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.
Figure skater Jon Maravilla revealed he missed the American Airlines plane that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C., due to his dog
An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.
The flight appeared to collide with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.
A flight crew from Charlotte was onboard a plane that collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River by Washington, D.C., according to multiple media reports and at least one crew member’s family.. A total of 67 people died — 60 passengers, four crew members on the commercial plane and three people on the military chopper.
A man has revealed the heartbreaking final text he received from his wife who was onboard American Airlines flight 5342 before it collided mid-air with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in Washington,
The number of people onboard and any fatalities is unknown at this time. The plane can carry up to 65 passengers and four crew members.