Washington DC Reagan Airport Plane Crash Live Updates: Passenger Plane Collides With Black Hawk Helicopter

Potomac Plane Crash | Washington DC Plane Crash Live Updates: Two out of three people present on the US military helicopter have been named so far. Pilot, first officer and crew members of the American Airlines plane that collided with the Black Hawk have also been identified.

By: Express Web Desk

Updated: February 1, 2025 08:31 AM IST

Passenger Plane Crash Near Washington D.C.'s Reagan Airport Live Updates: A diving team and police boat are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP)

Passenger Plane Crash Near Washington DC’s Reagan Airport Live Updates: US President Donald Trump Friday made claims about the military helicopter Black Hawk, flying above 200 feet–“too high” than its limit. On his social media platform Truth Social, Trump says the situation is “not really too complicated to understand.”

Meanwhile, more than 40 bodies have been pulled from the water after DC midair collision, as per law enforcement official. The collision involving a CRJ-700 American Airlines regional passenger jet and a UH-10 Black Hawk crashed mid air near Reagan Washington National Airport earlier on Thursday.

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What do we know so far? The blackbox of the American airlines plane was recovered by investigators on Thursday evening(local time) and its records have been sent to the National Transportation Safety Board(NTSB) labs for analysis, the agency announced. The identities of two out three people on the Black Hawk helicopter have been named. The pilot and first officer on the domestic airlines have also been named along with few other crew members.

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