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The American Airlines plane operating as American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.
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American Airlines plane, Army helicopter collide outside Reagan National Airport near Washington DC
LIVE: DC plane crash near Reagan National Airport
A multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after a small American Airlines aircraft collided with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport, authorities confirmed.
Everyone aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter is feared dead
All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday.
7:30 a.m.: Local and federal officials hold a news conference at Reagan National Airport, where they say that they do not believe anyone has survived the crash. Efforts are switching from rescue to recovery, they say, adding that 28 bodies have been recovered to this point.
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In his first news conference since the aircraft collision over the Potomac River, President Donald Trump on Thursday implied that diversity, equity and inclusion programs could be the cause, although an investigation has only just begun into the fatal disaster.
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.
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UPDATED: Search operation continues after jet collides with Blackhawk above the PotomacA massive search continues this morning for victims of Wednesday night's midair collision between a passenger jet carrying members of the U.S. Figure Skating community and an Army Blackhawk helicopter
A midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington, D.C., has left no expected survivors, authorities confirmed Thursday morning. The crash,
Donald Trump appeared to place blame on DEI initiatives at the Federal Aviation Administration while speaking on the tragic plane crash in Washington, D.C.
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UPDATED: No survivors expected after jet, Blackhawk helicopter collide above the PotomacA massive search effort has become a recovery operation after Wednesday night's midair collision between a passenger jet carrying some members of the U.S. Figure Skating community and an Army
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President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed his predecessors and Democratic diversity measures and suggested that the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity efforts had made air travel less safe.
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.
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