Crash involving an American Airlines regional jet occurred in a high-risk location feared by safety officials—a crowded airport.

Continental Airlines Flight 3407 crashed into a house in Clarence Center, killing everyone on board the plane.

American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was attempting to land when the plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided.

The midair collision at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night has presented Sean Duffy with a major crisis just hours after he was sworn in as secretary of transportation.

On January 29, 2025, a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ-700, operating as American Eagle Flight 5342, collided midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). The tragic accident marks the first deadly crash involving a commercial airliner in the U.S. since 2009.

CBS News confirmed only one air traffic control worker was managing the helicopters when the crash between a military helicopter and passenger plane occurred in Washington D.C. That is a job normally done by two people.

Authorities are investigating the mid-air collision between AA flight and a U.S. Army helicopter. Experts call for prudence as facts become available.

Sullenberger said once the NTSB releases the probable cause and contributing factors there would likely be changes. Here's his reaction to the D.C. aircraft collision.

United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) member Todd Inman informed that the American Airlines plane had a "very quick, rapid impact" with the US Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington DC"Right now,

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) urged the public not to “speculate” about the cause of the deadly mid-air collision near Reagan Washington National Airport in a Thursday press

The fatal midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter followed a string of near misses at airports over the last several years.