Representing Kansans in Washington, D.C., Senators Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran were among those who spoke at the Reagan National Airport as federal and local officials provided updates on Wednesday night’s air crash involving an inbound American Airlines flight from Wichita and a Black Hawk helicopter.
Sen. Roger Marshall, Kansas Republican, wants to know why a military helicopter that crashed into a commercial jet carrying passengers from his state was allowed to occupy the same airspace without the ability to directly communicate with the civilian airplanes.
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.
Video shows the wreckage of the American Airlines passenger plane in the Potomac River following a deadly collision with a Black Hawk military helicopter.Officials say there are no survivors among the 67 passengers on the aircrafts that collided above Washington on Wednesday (29 January).
An American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C. was involved in a crash near Reagan Airport Wednesday night.
The crash on Wednesday night near Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport involved an American Airlines flight from Wichita and a Black Hawk helicopter. No one is believed to have survived the crash.
An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, with no survivors expected amid the extremely cold and windy conditions.
Authorities have not released an official death toll; local media say at least 18 bodies have been recovered. Read more at straitstimes.com.
An American Airlines regional jet collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington DC's Ronald Reagan National Airport
By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Shepardson and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scores of people were feared dead after an American Airlines regional passenger jet with 64 people on board and a U.S. Army
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