- A passenger jet collided midair with a navy helicopter close to Reagan Nationwide Airport.
- 4 crew and 60 passengers had been on board, per an announcement from American Airways.
- The US Military UH-60 Black Hawk was on a coaching flight, in keeping with a navy spokesperson.
A passenger jet collided midair with a navy helicopter Wednesday evening throughout its closing strategy into Washington D.C.’s Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport.
PSA Airways flight 5342 was impacted within the crash, in keeping with the Federal Aviation Administration. PSA is an American Airways wholly-owned subsidiary and operates regional flights on behalf of American.
American Airways stated in an announcement there have been 60 passengers and 4 crew members onboard.
The US Military UH-60 Black Hawk concerned within the collision was on a coaching flight, a spokeswoman for Joint Process Pressure-Nationwide Capital Area confirmed in an announcement.
“We will affirm that the plane concerned in tonight’s incident was an Military UH-60 helicopter from Bravo Firm, twelfth Aviation Battalion, out of Davison Military Airfield, Fort Belvoir throughout a coaching flight,” Heather Chairez, the JTF-NCR’s media chief, stated within the assertion.
Chairez advised BI that the variety of crew aboard the Black Hawk and their situation had been unknown as of Wednesday evening.
Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth stated in a submit on X the Military and Protection Division have launched an investigation into the mid-air collsion.
The PSA plane was a Bombardier CRJ700.
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“We’re conscious of studies that American Eagle flight 5342, operated by PSA, with service from Wichita, Kansas (ICT) to Washington Reagan Nationwide Airport (DCA) has been concerned in an incident,” American Airways advised Enterprise Insider in an announcement. “We’ll present data because it turns into obtainable.”
The airport was closed to all plane after the crash.
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A DC Hearth spokesperson couldn’t affirm any fatalities however stated a “search and rescue operation is in progress.”
In a video posted to the American Airways web site, AA CEO Robert Isom stated the airline is “cooperating absolutely” with the NTSB’s investigation of the crash.
“Something we are able to do, we’re doing, and proper now, which means specializing in caring for all passengers and crew concerned, in addition to their households,” Isom stated.
This marks the primary full loss aircraft crash within the US since 2009 when Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed over Buffalo, killing 49 onboard and one individual on the bottom.
It is the third aircraft crash since December. An Azerbaijan Airways Embraer aircraft crashed, probably attributable to Russian air defenses. Thirty-eight individuals died.
A couple of days later, a Boeing 737 operated by Korean service Jeju Airways crashed throughout touchdown in South Korea, killing 179 individuals. Two individuals survived. The investigation remains to be ongoing.
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