A longtime Atlanta area air traffic controller said he was devastated to learn about the deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport.
Flights in and out of the Virginia airport originally halted as dive teams scoured the crash site throughout the night.
A multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after a small American Airlines aircraft collided with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport, authorities confirmed.
An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional American Airlines flight that was on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night.
As the American Eagle Flight 5342, a CRJ jet, approached the helicopter, the tower controller asked the helicopter pilot if he had the CRJ in sight. The helicopter pilot cannot be heard responding to the question before the two aircraft collided.
Nearly 300 first responders are searching for survivors after the deadly collision between an American Airlines jet and Army Black Hawk Helicopter outside Washington, DC.
A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in
Following the deadly midair collision on Wednesday, our investigators found that dozens of close calls have been reported at Reagan National since 2010.
A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.
A passenger jet has collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington
The crew chief on the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter involved in the crash has been identified as Ryan O’Hara by Parkview High School in Lilburn, Georgia.