Washington, United States: Investigators on Thursday recovered the black boxes from a passenger plane whose mid-air collision with a military helicopter over Washington’s Potomac river killed 67 people, as rescuers pulled victims’ bodies from the freezing water. US President Donald Trump launched a political attack blaming diversity and inclusion policies championed by his Democratic predecessors … Read more
New York, United States: Staffing was thin in the air traffic control tower at Washington’s Reagan National airport at the time of the deadly crash between a passenger jet and an army helicopter, US media reported Thursday. Staffing was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic” according to an internal preliminary … Read more
New Delhi: A jet from the US state of Kansas, carrying around 60 passengers, crashed into Washington’s Potomac River after colliding mid-air with a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport today. Rescue ops are underway while all flights at the airport have been grounded. A video of the crash, which quickly went viral on social … Read more
Washington: An American Airlines regional passenger jet was involved in a mid-air collision on Wednesday night with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas said on social media that “we know there are fatalities,” though he did not say how many. The U.S. Federal … Read more