1 day ago · The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, based at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, was flying a training mission in a dedicated helicopter route where it was not allowed to fly above 200 feet, according to a ...

6 days ago · The Army on Friday identified two out of the three Black Hawk crew members as Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Georgia, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, of Great ...

5 days ago · The midair collision between the Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Eagle Flight 5342 near DC’s Reagan National Airport marks the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 2001.

2 days ago · The collision over the Potomac River was the first fatal commercial crash in the U.S. since 2009, when a propeller plane crashed near Buffalo, New York, killing nearly 50 people.

Jan 30, 2025 · At least 55 victims have been positively identified from Wednesday night's midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a military Black Hawk helicopter, Fire Chief John Donnelly of the ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Officials cautioned that it is still too early to speculate about what led to the crash that killed all 64 on board the American Eagle jet and all three crew members on the Army Black Hawk helicopter.

6 days ago · The Black Hawk helicopter involved in the crash was briefly lifted with a crane during recovery efforts last night but it has not been removed from the river, according to D.C. Fire and EMS.

Jan 30, 2025 · A commercial passenger plane bound for Reagan National Airport collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River just outside of Washington, DC, on Wednesday. There were 64 ...

6 days ago · Investigators sought to learn whether the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter had been flying outside of its designated path, as well as whether late-night staffing at the airport’s air traffic control ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Crew retrieve wreckage of American Airlines flight 5342 in the Potomac river, Washington, DC, January 30, 2025. The plane was involved in a fatal collision with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter ...