Breaking…flight from Wichita to Washington DC crashes…
American Airlines 5342 appears to have collided with a helicopter
A plane inbound to Washington D.C.’s Reagan Airport from Wichita was involved in a reported collision with a Black Hawk helicopter. The Associated Press reports from law enforcement that an aircraft is down and takeoffs and landings are halted. Multiple helicopters, including those from the U.S. Park Police and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. military, were flying over the scene of the incident in the Potomac River. D.C. Fire and EMS said on X that fireboats were on the scene. Washington, D.C. police say a multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after the crash. Video from an observation camera at the nearby Kennedy Center shows two sets of lights consistent with aircraft appearing to conjoin in a fireball. The airport said emergency personnel were responding to “an aircraft incident on the airfield.”
Source: KWCH
Inbound plane from Wichita collides with Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C. airport https://www.kwch.com/2025/01/30/reports-inbound-plane-wichita-collided-with-helicopter-near-washington-dc-airport/