1 day ago · Information regarding American Eagle Flight 5342. Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 10:00 p.m. American Eagle Flight 5342 en route from Wichita, Kansas (ICT), to Washington, D.C. (DCA) was involved in an accident at DCA. The flight was operated by PSA Airlines with a CRJ-700. There were 60 passengers and four crew members on board the aircraft.

1 day ago · Both aircraft crashed into the Potomac River, killing all 67 people on board the flights. Flight 5342 was operated by PSA Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Airlines Group, [a] and was en route from Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas, [3] [4] while the helicopter was on a training flight out of ...

14 hours ago · The collision between American Airlines Flight 5432 and a Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter, also known as a Black Hawk, occurred at approximately 8:48 p.m. Wednesday as the plane was preparing to land.

1 day ago · The family of Ian Epstein, the flight attendant onboard American Airlines Flight 5342, is remembering him as a cherished father, husband, brother and stepfather. "Ian Epstein was full of life.

22 hours ago · Last night's tragedy involving American Airlines Flight 5342 and a US Army Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter has taken a turn for the worse after authorities said emergency responders are now shifting from rescue to recovery mode. The collision put an end to US commercial aviation's 16-year streak of no fatal crashes, the last being the 2009 crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 in New York.

20 hours ago · The fatal crash took place just before 9 p.m. Wednesday when American Airlines Flight 5342 attempted to land and collided in midair with a Black Hawk trying to land at the Ronald Reagan Washington ...

23 hours ago · The jet carrying 64 collided midair with a U.S. Black Hawk while on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The Army helicopter had three troops on board.

18 hours ago · WASHINGTON — The collision Wednesday night between a military helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 happened in some of the world’s most tightly controlled airspace, just over 3 miles south of the White House and the U.S. Capitol.The collision happened at around 9 p.m. when a regional jet at the end of a flight from Wichita, Kansas, collided with a military helicopter on a training ...

1 day ago · An American Airlines flight collided with a helicopter in midair as it approached DCA on Wednesday, the FAA said. ... used for short regional flights. Flight 5342, operated by American's regional ...

1 day ago · A passenger plane landed in the Potomac River outside of Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night after colliding midair with a military helicopter. Rescue crews are on scene. The Federal Aviation Administration in a statement said American Airlines Flight 5342, departing from Wichita, Kansas to Washington, collided around 9 p.m. midair while approaching the runway with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter ...