Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) remained shut down on Thursday morning. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) remained shut down on Thursday morning after an American Airlines regional jet fatally collided mid-air with a military helicopter just outside the airport.
A retired pilot is giving a first-hand view of what it’s like to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
American Airlines Chief Executive Robert Isom said Flight 5342 was “on an otherwise normal approach” to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when it collided with a military helicopter Wednesday night.
The American Airlines plane involved in a midair collision with an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) was in the Upstate the morning of the crash.
Flights in and out of the Virginia airport originally halted as dive teams scoured the crash site throughout the night.
Multiple flights from Nashville to Reagan Washington National in Washington D.C. have been canceled following a deadly plane crash near airport.
Nearly 70 people were killed in an aircraft collision Wednesday night near Washington, D.C. Are flights being delayed or canceled?
Flight data shows the American Airlines passenger jet that collided midair with an Army helicopter in the nation's capital recently made two round trips between Bangor and Washington.
According to FlightRadar24.com, American Airlines Flight AA3130 was right behind American Eagle Flight 5342 before it quickly diverted to Baltimore.
Online records show a passenger jet involved in a mid-air collision with an Army helicopter was at a South Carolina airport hours before the deadly crash.