Divers returning to the Potomac River for DC plane crash recovery and investigation
Divers are expected to return to the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation after the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century.
Conditions of DC’s Potomac River make recovery after plane crash difficult. Here’s why
Officials say the conditions of the Potomac River are complicating recovery efforts of the bodies of the 67 presumed dead in a mid-air collision between American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita and a military Black Hawk helicopter.
LIVE DC plane crash updates: Midair collision leaves no survivors
Officials reported Thursday that all individuals aboard the American Airlines jet, which collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night over Washington, D.C., are feared dead.
Factbox-Washington DC Plane Crash: What We Know About the Investigation
A preliminary report of the investigation will be issued in 30 days and a final report is expected within 12-18 months. (Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh and David Shepardson; Editing by Nick Zieminski) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.
43 years ago, another D.C. plane crash and dramatic rescue on the Potomac River
A dramatic plane crash in frigid temperatures. And a search and rescue that saved lives on the same partially frozen Potomac River. Almost 43 years ago to the day, tragedy struck when a commercial jet − Air Florida Flight 90 − plunged into icy waters shortly after an afternoon takeoff from the same airport where a passenger jet with 64 people aboard collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night.
DC plane crash air traffic control audio reveals moment controllers saw disaster: 'Tower did you see that?'
Air Traffic Control (ATC) audio from Wednesday’s collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet ...
300 DC first responders dealing with ‘very dark, cold conditions’ as ‘rescue operation’ in the Potomac River continues
Some 300 first responders are enduring dark, cold and windy conditions as they continue to execute “a rescue operation” in ...
Military Helicopter and Passenger Jet Collide Over Potomac River Near Reagan Airport, Casualties Unknown
In what could prove to be the worst American aviation disaster in decades, a small regional jet carrying around 50 passengers ...
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Helicopters over the Potomac River aren’t rescuing people, they’re dropping off drilling crews
Occasionally, helicopters can be seen over the Potomac River rescuing people stranded on the rocks, but it’s rare see a helicopter putting people on them. That’s exactly what is happening this ...
Live updates: Black boxes recovered, victims remembered in Potomac River aircrash
Recovery operations are underway after an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night.
Fire in the sky, then darkness: The plane crash that killed 67
In seconds, the wreckage of each aircraft plunged into the icy Potomac River, the victims with it. All perished ...
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How long is the temperature of the Potomac River survivable?
In audio from the air traffic control tower around the time of the crash, a controller is heard asking the helicopter, “PAT25 ...
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Playbook: Tragedy on the Potomac
What we know: The jet, which was travelling from Kansas to Washington DC, had 60 passengers and ... both aircraft fell into the frigid waters of the Potomac River. Search teams swarmed the area ...