Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.
All 67 people aboard an American Eagle flight from Kansas and an Army helicopter were killed in a collision Wednesday night over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said.
Authorities said all aboard the flight died after the fiery collision with the helicopter broke the aircraft apart and sent it plunging in three sections into the icy Potomac River below. Three U.S. Army service members aboard the helicopter also died,
The mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington, D.C. killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft, according to a preliminary report by the Federal Aviation Administration.
U.S. figure skater Spencer Lane, 16, shared a photo from inside American Eagle Flight 5342 before it took off from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., where it crashed into a helicopter mid-air.
U.S. Figure Skating said several skaters, coaches and family members had attended a development camp that followed the championships that wrapped up Sunday in Kansas
The athletes were flying from Wichita, Kan. to Washington D.C. on American Eagle Flight 5342 when the crash occurred around 9 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said.
An NTSB-led investigation is in full swing to identify factors that led to the Jan. 29 midair collision between an American Eagle Bombardier CRJ-700 operated by PSA Airlines on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter.
A pair of black boxes has been recovered from the American Airlines jet involved in a mid-air collision with a military helicopter, which left no survivors.
Camp serves as a launchpad for athletes vying for their spot on Team USA in upcoming world championships, consisting of top figure skaters.
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A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.