An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday evening, U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News.
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom on Thursday morning expressed his condolences to the family and loved ones of those aboard a flight that collided with a military helicopter Wednesday night.
Aviation experts have warned for years about near collisions at airports around the US, citing air traffic control shortages and airspace congestion.
An American Airlines regional jet collided with a military helicopter as it was approaching Reagan National Airport.
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An aviation attorney told Fox News Digital he expects the families of the victims of Wednesday's midair collision will file lawsuits in the coming days.
An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.
The crash is the deadliest in the country since 2009. On Feb. 12 of that year, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed shortly before its scheduled landing at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. 49 passengers and a person inside the home the plane landed on were killed.
The midair collision of an American Eagle-branded regional jet and a Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter near Washington, DC may be the first fatal crash involving a US airline since the 2009 crash of a Colgan Air-operated regional jet that killed 50 people.
Fatal crashes like the one that happened near Washington on Wednesday are increasingly rare because of modern aviation safety procedures.
A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.