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Photos show removal of plane wreckage 20:14 , Alex Lang New photos released by the Army Corps of Engineers show the wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 being pulled out of the Potomac River
The aircraft wreckage hit an area near Eagle Lake, Texas, approximately 65 miles (105 km) west-southwest of the airport. The media stated that there was initial speculation that a bomb had destroyed the aircraft; the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) subsequently discovered that missing screws on the horizontal stabilizer led to the ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the midair collision of a passenger jet and helicopter near Washington, D.C., for Monday, Feb. 3. For the latest news, view our story for Tuesday ...
A crane retrieves part of the helicopter from the Potomac River, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the river, by the ...
All 67 people aboard both aircraft were killed in the crash, including 64 passengers and crew on the airliner and the 3 crew of the helicopter. It was the first major U.S. commercial passenger flight crash in nearly 16 years since Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009, and the deadliest U.S. air disaster in nearly 24 years.
All 200 people on board the aircraft perished in the deadliest plane crash in Uzbekistan as well as the deadliest plane crash involving a Tupolev Tu-154. Aeroflot Flight 505 – Shortly after take-off from Tashkent , the Yakovlev Yak-40 banked sharply to the right and crashed, killing all 9 people on board.
Editor's note: This page reflects news from Friday, Jan. 31. For the latest updates on the plane crash, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the investigation on Saturday, Feb. 1. WASHINGTON ...
The controller assigned a 285-degree heading to intercept the instrument landing system (ILS) for Runway 28L and cleared Flight 6291 to 10,000 ft (3,000 m). An updated weather report at 11:15 p.m. reported a cloud overcast 800 ft (240 m) above the ground, visibility 2.5 miles (4.0 km) in light snow and fog with wind 300 degrees at 4 knots.