An FAA statement said a PSA Airlines regional jet collided midair with a Sikorsky helicopter. Here’s what to know about the airline.
Many established international airlines have posted messages of condolences following news of the American Airlines plane crash in Washington DC, US.
The man told local news channel that his messages did not get delivered to his wife and that’s when he released ’something might be up’.
An American Airlines regional passenger plane with a seating capacity between 66 and 78 collided with a helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan.
An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional American Airlines flight that was on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night.
“A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m. local time,” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.
An American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided Wednesday night near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
American Airlines said the jet had 60 passengers and four crew members, while the Pentagon confirmed that three soldiers were aboard the helicopter. There was no immediate word on fatalities.
A passenger jet collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday near Reagan Washington National Airport.Four crew members and 60 passengers were aboard the jet, per a statement from American Airlines.A military spokesperson said the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was on a training flight.
Washington’s regional airport was closed after the crash that apparently took the lives of 67 people. The DC airport is reopening at 11 a.m.
Eighteen bodies were reportedly removed from the Potomac River following the Wednesday, Jan. 29, crash between an American Airlines regional passenger plane and a helicopter.