An American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C. was involved in a crash near Reagan Airport Wednesday night with a military helicopter.The airline company confirmed the news just after 9 p.
Wichita's Eisenhower National Airport experienced passenger growth and American Airlines added a direct flight to DC a year before the deadly crash.
The two cities involved in the crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 will be 'forever' linked, according to Wichita, Kan. Mayor Lily Wu.
An American Airlines flight that departed from Wichita, Kansas, on Wednesday collided with a military helicopter at Reagan National Airport.
Mayor Lily Wu choked up as she responded to the news that a plane that departed from Wichita on Wednesday night collided with a helicopter in Washington, D.C. Authorities say that there are likely no survivors.
The U.S. Army described the helicopter as a UH-60 Blackhawk based at Fort Belvoir in Virginia. The helicopter was on a training flight. Military aircraft frequently conduct training flights in and around the congested and heavily restricted airspace around the nation’s capital for familiarization and continuity of government planning.
A commuter jet and a military helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night, triggering a massive emergency response, officials said. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that American Airlines Flight 5342,
The flight appeared to collide with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.
The plane collided with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.
The plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., was carrying an unknown number of passengers from the figure skating community, including Russian husband-and-wife world champions. Wichita, Kansas, had hosted several high-profile skating events in recent days.
Several members' of the U.S. Figure Skating team were onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter over Washington, D.C., the governing body said in a statement.
Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.