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American Airlines plane, Army helicopter collide outside Reagan National Airport near Washington DC

An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening. Three soldiers were onboard the helicopter and a massive search and rescue operation is now unfolding in the Potomac River.

NBC News · 38m

D.C. plane crash live updates: Families mourn 67 victims after American Airlines jet and helicopter collide

Latest news and live updates after an American Airline jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.

Hosted on MSN · 9h

Trump blames Army chopper in fatal collision for flying in path of American Airlines plane

President Donald Trump blamed the Army helicopter in the fatal crash for flying at the same height at an American Airlines plane.

FAA, American Airlines

Hosted on MSN · 7h

FAA releases statement following deadly American Airlines plane crash near D.C.

The FAA said the crash happened in some of the most tightly controlled and monitored airspace in the world, just over three miles south of the White House

New York Post on MSN · 5h

Air traffic controller was doing the job of two people during DC plane crash, FAA says

The air traffic controller on duty at the time of the deadly passenger plane-Black Hawk helicopter crash in Washington, DC, was doing the work of two people, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Washington Examiner · 5h

DCA air traffic control staffing at time of Potomac crash was ‘not normal’: FAA

Federal authorities are asking questions as to how the collision between an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter could have occurred.

ERAU prof, former FAA air-traffic control boss, discusses American Airlines Flight 5342 crash

A former FAA official and Embry-Riddle professor is urging a thorough investigation into what caused the American Airlines ...

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Expert puts onus on FAA for American Airlines, helicopter crash: 'Bad management' is 'putting us at risk'

An aviation expert is calling for taking "a bulldozer to the front of the FAA" after the fatal collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

1hon MSN

How air safety failures and last-minute mistakes set American Airlines jet, Black Hawk chopper on deadly DC collision course

The Post can reveal that grave lapses and miscommunications in one of the most crowded and complex patches of sky in the ...

26mon MSN

FAA auditing Atlanta’s airport, others across country over near misses and collisions

The audit follows an incident in September where two jets clipped each other on the runway at Hartsfield-Jackson.

The American Airlines crash is the nightmare scenario that pilots and aviation workers have long feared

Aviation experts have warned for years about near collisions at airports around the US, citing air traffic control shortages ...

What to know about the deadly American Airlines and Black Hawk helicopter collision

An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday evening, U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News.