2 days ago · The flight number, 5432, will be retired, American Airlines said. Retiring flight numbers is a common practice following major aviation accidents. What we know about the helicopter

2 days ago · What We Know About the Plane and Helicopter Crash Near Washington. Sixty-seven people were killed after an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River.

2 days ago · The disaster — the first major fatal commercial plane crash in the United States since 2009 — happened just before 9 p.m. ET Wednesday as the American Eagle jet, a regional aircraft owned by ...

2 days ago · Edwards said the flight was supposed to be Brown's last before changing careers within American Airlines. Ian Epstein was a flight attendant on the plane, his sister, Robbie Epstein Bloom, confirmed.

2 days ago · All 67 people on board the plane and the helicopter were killed. An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ...

3 days ago · The plane, American Eagle Flight No. 5342, a regional jetliner, was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members on a flight from Wichita, Kansas. ... The last major American Airlines crash ...

2 days ago · The plane, a Bombardier CRJ700, had travelled from Wichita, Kansas. It was operating as American Airlines flight 5342. The US Army helicopter was a Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk that took off from Fort ...

2 days ago · Wichita mayor Lily Wu hugs Pastor Albert Paredes during a prayer vigil in Wichita, Kan., on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, for those affected by the crash of American Airlines flight 5342 near Washington the day before.

1 day ago · An American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, killing 67 people. It was the deadliest air disaster in the United States ...

2 days ago · More than 60 people are believed to have been killed after an American Airlines plane collided with an army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, DC.