3 days ago · Wichita mayor Lily Wu hugs Pastor Albert Paredes during a prayer vigil in Wichita, Kan., on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, for those affected by the crash of American Airlines flight 5342 near Washington the day before.

2 days ago · DC plane crash investigators recover American Airlines black boxes after midair collision. The National Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered a cockpit voice recorder and flight data ...

2 days ago · An American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, killing 67 people. It was the deadliest air disaster in the United States ...

3 days ago · American Eagle flight 5342 was traveling from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., and had 60 passengers and four crew members on board, American Airlines said in a statement.

3 days ago · The last major American Airlines crash occurred in November 2001 near John F. Kennedy International Airport. American Airlines Flight No. 587, an Airbus A300, crashed shortly after takeoff ...

3 days ago · More than 60 people are believed to have been killed after an American Airlines plane collided with an army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, DC.

The crash took place near the airport. The flight number, 5432, will be retired, American Airlines said. Retiring flight numbers is a common practice following major aviation accidents.

Out of the 17 hijackings of American Airlines flights, two aircraft were hijacked and destroyed in the September 11 attacks: Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, and Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. [4] .

3 days ago · An American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport Wednesday evening. Officials believe everyone on both aircraft died ...

3 days ago · The disaster — the first major fatal commercial plane crash in the United States since 2009 — happened just before 9 p.m. ET Wednesday as the American Eagle jet, a regional aircraft owned by ...