The National Transportation Safety Board was scheduled to provide an update on Thursday on the deadly airplane-helicopter crash over Washington, D.C. Watch live at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30 in the video player above.
Search and rescue crews are recovering bodies from the Potomac River after a military helicopter and a commercial plane collided near Washington, D.C., killing all 67 people on board both aircraft. The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the collision investigation,
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
Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held their first press conference Thursday afternoon following a deadly collision just outside of
More than 60 people were killed when an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Officials say there are no survivors among the 67 passengers on the aircrafts that collided above Washington, D.C.
National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said Thursday at a press conference that “we look at facts on our investigation and that will take some time.”
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.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had been sworn in just hours before the deadly midair collision of a plane and helicopter near Washington, D.C.
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said the midair collision should not have happened, and vowed reforms to "make sure that these mistakes do not happen again and again." The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Ari Schulman told NBC Washington that he saw the plane crash while driving on the George Washington Parkway, which runs along the airport. He said the plane's approach looked normal, until he saw the aircraft bank hard to the right, with "streams of sparks" running underneath, illuminating its belly.
The tragedy felt across the country has impacted Pittsburgh International Airport as local leaders respond to the ongoing incident.