No Survivors: Military Helicopter Collides With American Airlines in Deadliest US Crash Since 2009

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Why would an army Blackhawk helicopter fly into the path directly of a plane that was just about to land on the runway?

Unless intentional, does this speak to frightening incompetence and deadly consequences of DEI policies?

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DC chopper, plane crash live updates: No survivors expected after AA flight collides with military helicopter in deadliest US crash since 2009

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By Victor Nava, Shane Galvin, Nicholas McEntyre and Nika Shakhnazarova, NY Post, Jan. 30, 2025:

There are likely no survivors after an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided in the air over Washington DC Wednesday night — as the search and rescue operation has now become a recovery mission, officials said.

The American Airlines flight traveling from Wichita, Kan., collided with the military chopper while approaching Runaway 33 at the DC airport around 9 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

First responders have recovered at least 19 bodies from the river as of early Thursday, CBS reports.
Emergency response units assessing airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport, Arlington, Virginia.Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Getty Images

Some 300 first responders endured dark, cold and windy conditions as they continue to execute “a rescue operation” hours after the crash.

DC plane crash potentially deadliest in US since 2009 tragedy in Buffalo

By Emily Crane

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The crash involving an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter in Washington, DC, Wednesday night is potentially the deadliest commercial crash in the US since the 2009 tragedy in Buffalo, NY.

In that incident, all 45 passengers and four crew members were killed when a Colgan Air plane crashed into a house on Feb. 12, 2009.

Another person on the ground also died when the Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane went down near Buffalo Niagara International Airport, bringing the total death toll to 50.

It isn’t yet clear how many people were killed in the DC crash.

The American Airlines regional passenger jet was carrying 64 people when it collided with the helicopter and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport.

More than 30 bodies had reportedly been recovered from the river as of early Thursday.
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