UND aviation experts urge patience as investigators analyze the Reagan airport crash, saying that it's too early for any speculation.
U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet crashed into a U.S. Army helicopter at a Washington airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years.
As the American Eagle Flight 5342, a CRJ jet, approached the helicopter, the tower controller asked the helicopter pilot if he had the CRJ in sight. The helicopter pilot cannot be heard responding to the question before the two aircraft collided.
Flight operations not expected to resume until late Thursday morning, at the earliest, at Reagan National airport after plane crash Wednesday night.
Political leaders had warned about the dangers of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. months before an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on its approach to the airport.
An airplane collided with a helicopter while trying to land at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said.
The airport has resumed flight operations after a deadly crash involving a passenger jet and military helicopter halted all arrivals and departures.
An American Airlines commercial flight and an Army Black Hawk chopper crashed midair on Jan. 29. Here are updates on this developing story.
American Airlines Chief Executive Robert Isom said Flight 5342 was “on an otherwise normal approach” to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when it collided with a military helicopter Wednesday night.
The collision occurred at around 9 p.m. Wednesday in one of the world's most tightly controlled airspaces, just over 3 miles south of the White House and U.S. Capitol.
An Indiana University Alumna was among the 67 people killed when a plane and a military helicopter collided near the Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. FOX59/CBS4 has learned that 26-year-old Asra Hussain was one of 60 passengers and four service crew members on an American Airlines regional passenger jet flying