16 hours ago · — A Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines plane collided within minutes of the chopper being instructed by air traffic control to “pass behind” the aircraft. Flights are once again taking off and landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as things get back to normal amid an anything-but-normal situation .

13 hours ago · Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

1 day ago · A regional American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk military helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., Wednesday night in the first major commercial airline crash since 2009.

13 hours ago · A commercial passenger plane bound for Ronald Reagan National airport collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River just outside of Washington, DC, on Wednesday night. There ...

16 hours ago · Sixty passengers and four crew members were aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, and the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying three people when they collided over the Potomac River.

23 hours ago · Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who lived in Simsbury and coached at the International Skating Center of CT there, were among the people who died in the plane crash involving the Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines flight. They were believed to have been in Wichita, Kansas, for the 2025 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

1 day ago · Both the American Eagle jet and Army Black Hawk are in the Potomac River. The Black Hawk had three personnel onboard. The collision occurred shortly before 9 p.m. ET.

1 day ago · An American Eagle plane takes off at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the ...

23 hours ago · Emergency personnel and divers work at the site of the crash after American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and ...

14 hours ago · Reporting from Washington, D.C. The deadly crash of a regional jet and a Black Hawk helicopter brought memories of an air tragedy in Washington decades ago and the heroic actions of first ...