An American Airlines jet en route from Wichita, Kansas, collided with an Army helicopter during landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. The collision resulted in a disaster that is expected to be the worst U.S. aviation accident in almost a quarter century. All 64 people on board the aircraft, including passengers and crew, are feared dead.
Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va.
The body of the plane was found upside-down in three sections in waist-deep water. The wreckage of the helicopter was also found. Donnelly said first responders on Thursday were searching an area of the Potomac River as far south as the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, roughly 3 miles south of the airport., but officials said flight conditions were clear as the jet coming from Wichita, Kansas, with U.S.
Reagan Airport was to reopen at 11 a.m. Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced. The FAA previously said it would be closed until 5 a.m. Friday., was asked if he could reassure Americans that the United States still has the safest airspace in the world. Asked about President Donald Trump suggesting in an overnight social media post that the collision could have been prevented, Duffy said: “From what I’ve seen so far, do I think this was preventable? Absolutely.”
Two of those coaches were identified by the Kremlin as Russian figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won the pairs title at the 1994 world championships and competed twice in the Olympics. The Skating Club of Boston lists them as coaches and their son, Maxim Naumov, is a competitive figure skater for the U.S.The FAA said the midair crash occurred before 9 p.m.
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