An American Airlines regional jetliner coming from Wichita, Kansas, collided midair with a Black Hawk military helicopter near Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said.
An American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided Wednesday night near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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
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.
"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.
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,
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.
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.
The married couple, won the world championships in pairs figure skating in 1994, had reportedly lived in the US since at least 1998.
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.