Aviation experts are shedding light on the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after one collided with American Airlines Flight 5342, leaving all on board presumed dead. Officials said the Black Hawk, a four-blade,

The accident that resulted in a commercial airplane crashing into the Potomac yesterday will require air safety investigators to dig deep

An American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet on approach at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA/KDCA) collided mid-air with a US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Both aircraft ended up in the Potomac River.

A Black Hawk helicopter can transport up to "12 fully equipped, seated troops in combat," according to Lockheed Martin, the weapons company that builds the helicopter. There are about 5,000 of these helicopters in use by the United States Military.

Multiple fatalities have been reported after a horrific incident involving American Airlines flight 5342 and a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter over Washington D.C., with first responders still at work around the wreckage in the Potomac River.

The American Airlines jet was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members when it collided with Black Hawk Army helicopter built by Connecticut's Sikorsky.

None are believed to have survived the Wednesday night collision, which caused both aircraft to plunge into the frigid Potomac River.

THE men who piloted the ill-fated American Airlines plane that was struck by a US Army Black Hawk and fell into a river have been named. Captain Jonathan Campos, 34, and First Officer Sam Lilley,

American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was attempting to land when the plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided.

An American Airlines regional passenger jet carrying 64 people crashed into Washington DC's Potomac River on Wednesday after colliding mid-air with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.

A regional jet approach ing Reagan National Airport collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River late Wednesday night, prompting a massive search and rescue operation.