American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 collides midair with military helicopter near D.C. airport
American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 collides midair with military helicopter near D.C. airport
An American Airlines regional jet collided with a helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Summary
An American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 people collided midair with a Sikorsky H-60 military helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night.
The PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 was on approach from Wichita when the crash occurred around 9 p.m. ET. At least one aircraft ended up in the Potomac River, prompting a major emergency response.
The FAA closed the airport, and the NTSB is leading the investigation.
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This sucks. First fatal airliner crash in the US in a while.
More than a decade
Where did you read there were fatalities?
Even without confirmation, there's basically zero chance that a jet on final approach striking a helicopter, with at least one of the aircraft in the Potomac... Could possibly result in no fatalities.
Almost surely everyone on the helicopter, at least.
I was listening to a stream of the radio. There was definitely talk of confirming that the boat house was the best place to drop off bodies.
Thanks. Original article and leading AP report didn't have the anonymous sources.
I was curious whether there have been mid-air collisions in history without fatalities as I thought that chances for that are basically zero. But apparently, it happened at least six times in the history of aviation.