CEO of American Airlines Robert Isom made a statement in the early morning hours following a midair collision between AA flight 5342 and a military Black Hawk helicopter.
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom is currently on his way to Washington DC to aid the investigation into what caused the plane crash. Authorities are investigating exactly what caused the helicopter to collide with the passenger plane, and the nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has grounded all flights.
The American Airlines flight that crashed with 60 passengers and four crew members onboard reportedly split in half after its collision on Wednesday.
An American Airlines regional passenger jet was involved in a mid-air collision on Wednesday night with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said.
The plane, which took off from Wichita, Kan., with 64 people on board, was landing at Reagan National – traveling north toward Runway 33.
Robert Isom, American Airlines CEO, gave a briefing Wednesday evening after an aircraft operated by one of the company's subsidiaries collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River.
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.
A small commercial airliner and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport Wednesday evening, D.C. Fire and EMS confirmed.
An American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, according to officials.
The Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines commuter plane near Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia Wednesday was on a “training flight” when it crashed into the Potomac River, according to the military service branch.
A news team from NBC Washington believes it has identified the site in the Potomac River where part of the wreckage of an American Airlines plane came to rest after colliding with an Army helicopter.