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01/30/2025January 30, 2025
What do we know about the collision?
The FAA said the crash happened when an American Airlines passenger jet collided with a military Blackhawk helicopter as it approached a runway at Reagan Airport.
In audio from the air traffic control tower around the time of the crash, a controller is heard asking the helicopter, “PAT25 do you have the CRJ in sight,” referring to the passenger aircraft.
“Tower did you see that?” another pilot is heard calling seconds after the apparent collision.
The tower immediately began diverting other aircraft from Reagan.
Video from an observation camera at the nearby Kennedy Center shows two sets of lights consistent with aircraft appearing to join in a fireball.
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01/30/2025January 30, 2025
Small plane down in Potomac River
A small plane crashed in the Potomac River near the Ronald Regan Washington National Airport late Wednesday, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
An American Airlines regional plane collided with a helicopter as it approached a runway at Reagan Airport at around 9 p.m. local, the FAA said in a statement.
“A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m. local time,” the agency said.
“PSA was operating Flight 5342 as American Airlines. It departed from Wichita, Kansas,” it said.
The D.C. police department said it was responding to an “apparent air crash in the Potomac River” and that a “multi-agency search and rescue operation is under way.”
mk/rm (Reuters, AFP, AP)
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