American Airlines CEO Robert Isom released a third statement Thursday following the crash of American Eagle Flight 5342, saying the AA family was devastated and hurting but focusing on taking care of the victims' families.
D.C. police confirmed a crash had taken place over the Potomac and that search and rescue operations were taking place in the river. Donald Trump later weighed in.
Southwest's CEO Bob Jordan said "our hearts go out" to people on the American Airlines flight involved in Wednesday night’s midair collision with a helicopter in the nation’s capital.
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An American Eagle flight crew from Charlotte was onboard a plane that collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River by Washington, D.C., according to multiple media reports and at least one crew member’s family.
A dozen or more elite figure skaters were onboard the American Eagle flight that collided midair with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night, officials said.
Not a single person survived the late-night collision between an an Army helicopter and American Airlines jet, packed at the time with figure skaters returning home from an event with their coaches and loved ones,
After American Airlines’ American Eagle Flight 5342 had a mid-air collision with a helicopter and subsequently crashed into the Potomac River, the D.C. fire chief shared a statement.
Authorities were searching for survivors after a plane with 64 people aboard crashed into an Army helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport.
Asra Hussain was returning home from a work-related trip when an American Airlines plane and Black Hawk military helicopter crashed. She is survived by her husband Hamaad Raza.
Investigators will be looking at everything from air traffic communications to technology failures that may have contributed to Wednesday’s crash.