On January 29, 2025, a Bombardier CRJ700 airliner, American Airlines Flight 5342 (operated by PSA Airlines as American Eagle), [a] [] and a United States Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, Priority Air Traffic 25, collided mid-air over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C..The collision occurred at 8:47 p.m. about half a mile (800 m) short of runway 33 at Ronald Reagan …

Jan 31, 2025 · Surveillance footage shot from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, showed on Friday, the most clear images yet of this week's catastrophic midair collision near Washington D.C.

In aviation, a mid-air collision is an accident in which two or more aircraft come into unplanned contact during flight. [1] The potential for a mid-air collision is increased by miscommunication, mistrust, error in navigation, deviations from flight plans, lack of situational awareness, and the lack of collision-avoidance systems.

Feb 7, 2025 · Investigators trying to determine what caused last week’s deadly midair collision between a US military Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines plane near Washington, DC, briefed lawmakers...

Jan 29, 2025 · Sixty-seven people are presumed dead after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair, sending both...

Feb 4, 2025 · American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army helicopter collided in midair near Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National last Wednesday night, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River and killing all 67 aboard in the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001.

Feb 5, 2025 · It has been a week since a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided in midair near Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air disaster ...

Feb 8, 2025 · American Eagle Flight No. 5342, which was operated by PSA Airlines, collided midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter at around 9 p.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29 while approaching a runway at...

Jan 31, 2025 · ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A midair collision between an Army helicopter and a jetliner killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot in the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost a …

A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot after the country’s deadliest aviation disaster since 2001.