Reagan Washington National Airport. Jan. 31, 6:00 p.m. ESTBlack boxes from both the plane and the Black Hawk helicopter were recovered, investigators said, which record the pilots’ voices in the ...
The report, reviewed by The New York Times, said that one controller was communicating with both helicopters and planes. Those jobs are typically assigned to two people, not one. By Sydney Ember ...
The helicopter was on a training mission when it collided Wednesday night with a commercial plane that was on approach to land at Washington’s Reagan National Airport, killing all 64 aboard the ...
The plane, American Eagle Flight No. 5342, a regional jetliner, was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members on a flight from Wichita, Kansas. There were three soldiers aboard the U.S. Army's ...
U.S. Figure Skating, the organization that serves as the sport's national governing body, confirmed the plane's passengers included several of its members, who had attended a prestigious training ...
Officials believe no one survived the crash involving an American Airlines passenger plane with an Army helicopter. On Wednesday, just before 9 p.m. ET, American Airlines Flight 5342 was involved ...
2:29 D.C. plane crash: What led to the tragedy? U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said both aircraft had been flying standard flight patterns when the incident occurred, and there had been ...
As of Thursday morning, 27 bodies had been recovered from the plane and one from the helicopter, according to Fire and EMS Chief John A. Donnelly. By late that afternoon, more than 40 bodies had ...
A "highly complex" search and rescue operation has found no survivors after a passenger plane collided with a military helicopter in Washington DC. The American Airlines flight was preparing to ...
Most military helicopters — such as the Black Hawk that was involved in the collision with the aircraft — aren’t equipped with TCAS but have transponders that can interact with planes.
Authorities believe there were no survivors among the total 67 people from the plane and the helicopter TING SHEN/AFP via Getty A midair collision occurred between an American Airlines jet with 64 ...
Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Jan. 30. For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane ...