The American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700, carrying 60 passengers and 4 crew, collided with a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, which had 3 occupants.
An American Airlines regional passenger plane with a seating capacity between 66 and 78 collided with a helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan.
“CPI Aero has delivered over 6,000 of these gunner window assemblies to Sikorsky since 2010 ... on this critical program in support of the Black Hawk helicopter fleet,” stated Dorith Hakim ...
The military helicopter UH-60 'Black Hawk' and the American Airlines regional jet Bombardier CRJ700 that collided over Washington are aircraft commonly used worldwide. The plane was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members,
The FAA and NTSB have launched an investigation into how an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River.
None are believed to have survived the Wednesday night collision, which caused both aircraft to plunge into the frigid Potomac River.
The Black Hawk helicopter has two seats for pilots and eight additional seats for passengers. It has a gold top, which is usually for VIPs but no senior U.S. officials were on board, a Defense official said.
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.
Hopes are beginning to fade for 64 people on board the doomed American Airlines flight which crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night.
A massive search operation is underway after a passenger aircraft carrying 64 people collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, according to aviation and defense officials.
Donald Trump has blamed a diversity hiring spree for causing the deadly crash between a military helicopter and a passenger plane that killed 67 people in Washington DC.