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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - FEBRUARY 03: A crane lifts a jet engine out of the Potomac River during recovery efforts after the American Airlines crash on February 03, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.
The capital area was the benefactor of improved weather over the last couple of days with high temperatures reaching the 60s, which helped break up the ice that had formed along the Potomac River.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers removes the mangled fuselage of an American Airlines plane from the Potomac River on Feb. 3, 2025, after the passenger jet collided with an Army Black Hawk ...
Remains from all 67 victims of the midair collision over Washington, D.C., that sent an American Airlines regional plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashing into the Potomac River have been ...
At 4:01 pm EST, it crashed into the 14th Street Bridge across the Potomac River, 0.75 nmi (0.9 mi; 1.4 km) from the end of the runway. The plane hit six cars and a truck on the bridge, and tore away 97 feet (30 m) of the bridge's rail and 41 feet (12 m) of the bridge's wall. [4]: 5 The aircraft then plunged into the freezing Potomac River.
More than 40 bodies have been recovered from the Potomac River after a deadly midair collision sent an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines plane diving into the icy water earlier this ...
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. [6] [7]
First responders are hunting for survivors of crash in frigid river 'The helicopter and the plane crashed in the river': Audio from air traffic control describes disaster over Potomac Skip to main ...