More than 60 people were killed when an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
An unthinkable tragedy occurred on Wednesday night, as an American Airlines jet collided with a US. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport. There were 60 passengers and four crew members on this flight.
Artists from National Ballet of China perform ballet "The Chinese New Year" with children from the United States at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., the United States, Jan.
Among the 67 lives lost were top skaters from the United States and Russia, including several children, poised to become the future stars of tomorrow.
U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet crashed into a U.S. Army helicopter at a Washington airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years.
It’s just so infrequently that we have events like this type,” said Steve Thompson, the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport director.Thompson flew C-130′s in the Air Force for many years and has seen many commercial planes like the one in the crash fly in and out of Tyler Pounds.
Top figure skaters from the United States and Russia were on board the plane that crashed in Washington, D.C., after colliding with a military helicopter.
Several figure skaters, along with their coaches and families, were traveling on an American Airlines plane that crashed into an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C. on Wednesday evening. The plane ended up crashing into the Potomac River.
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As many as 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, and the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying three soldiers. There were no survivors.
The tragedy that unfolded in the skies above Washington D.C. on Wednesday, January 29, involving an American Airlines jet and a United States Army Black Hawk helicopter claimed the lives of a cohort of competitive figure skaters,