D.C. plane crash live updates as search for victims continues in Potomac River; no survivors from disaster
An American Airlines plane with 64 people on board collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.
DC plane crash: Potomac River divers' search for bodies complicated by conditions out of their control
After an Army helicopter and American Airlines plane crashed into the Potomac River around Washington, D.C., a Virginia diver shared challenges of such a recovery effort.
Divers returning to the Potomac River for DC plane crash recovery and investigation
Divers are expected to return to the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation after the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century
What we know about the American Airlines plane and Army helicopter crash over D.C.'s Potomac River
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.
No survivors found in crash between military helicopter and jet over Potomac River near DC
No survivors found in crash between Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines jet over Potomac River near DC
American Airlines plane collides with helicopter in D.C., crashes into Potomac River
An American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, according to officials.
DC plane crash isn’t first along Potomac River. How 1982 collision reshaped US flight
I don’t know of any other accident that has had this amount of impact on aviation but also in other industries,” one expert said of the 1982 crash.
Search and rescue crew face dangerously cold Potomac River waters after DC plane crash
Crews working to retrieve the passengers of the American Airlines jet and the army helicopter that collided and crashed into the Potomac on Wednesday night have to contend with the dangerously cold waters of the Potomac River.
Factbox-Washington DC Plane Crash: What We Know About the Investigation
A preliminary report of the investigation will be issued in 30 days and a final report is expected within 12-18 months. (Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh and David Shepardson; Editing by Nick Zieminski) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.
43 years ago, another D.C. plane crash and dramatic rescue on the Potomac River
A dramatic plane crash in frigid temperatures. And a search and rescue that saved lives on the same partially frozen Potomac River. Almost 43 years ago to the day, tragedy struck when a commercial jet − Air Florida Flight 90 − plunged into icy waters shortly after an afternoon takeoff from the same airport where a passenger jet with 64 people aboard collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night.
The moments before 67 souls perished in a mid-air collision over the Potomac River
A regional jet departed Kansas and headed to one of the country’s most congested and complicated flight approaches, just south of the brightly illuminated marble monuments of Washington, DC. The ...
Portraits emerge of lives lost in deadly midair collision over the Potomac River
The victims of the first major U.S. commercial air disaster in 16 years included a rising legal star, an engineering student ...
How pancake ice formed on the Potomac River near Great Falls, Virginia
The rare circular ice slabs spun, collided and collected in large eddies because of the prolonged cold weather.
Virginia leaders react to deadly DC plane crash: 'Our hearts are broken'
American Airlines has canceled all flights to Washington, D.C., from Norfolk International Airport. Impacted D.C. flights are ...
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Trans pilot Jo Ellis rumored to be Black Hawk pilot in fatal collision over Potomac River
Transgender pilot Jo Ellis is rumored to have been involved in the American Airlines flight and Black Hawk collision.
Ground stop in effect at Reagan National Airport after small aircraft crashes into Potomac River
A small aircraft crashed near Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday night. In a post on X, D.C. Fire and EMS said a small aircraft in the vicinity of the airport had crashed ...
DC plane crash live updates: Black boxes from American Airlines plane at NTSB lab
There are confirmed fatalities from the collision of American Airlines Flight 5342 and the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter ...