Lily Wu, the mayor of Wichita, Kan., said the airline hasn’t yet released the list of passengers on the flight, known as the manifest. As a result, Wu said she didn’t know how many people from Wichita were on the flight.
Latest news and live updates after an American Airline jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.
Authorities continue to search for bodies and determine what led to the Wednesday, Jan. 29, midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in the Washington,
"Just the horror that the parents are going through. It just that blows me away. It makes me so sad for the families," said Joanne Kispert, 74, whose father died in the 2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New York in 2001.
Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.
An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.
The married couple, won the world championships in pairs figure skating in 1994, had reportedly lived in the US since at least 1998.
The number of people onboard and any fatalities is unknown at this time. The plane can carry up to 65 passengers and four crew members.
The flight appeared to collide with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.
Donald Trump gave a briefing on the Jan. 29 helicopter-airplane crash on Jan. 29, in which a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter collided midair with American Airlines Flight 5342 as it approached Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter while on approach at Reagan Washington National Airport at about 9 p.m. Wednesday.