American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the deadly midair collision between an American passenger jet and a military helicopter, will be the lone authority on the cause and details of the crash.
American Airlines confirmed to PEOPLE on Friday, Jan. 31, that flight 5342 will cease to exist. The airline is retiring the number following the tragic collision in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan.
No chute or slides appeared to be deployed from the American Airlines plane, according to J. Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board. “It was a very quick, rapid impact,” he said.
The National Transportation Safety Board did not specify how many air traffic controllers were working at the time of the collision.
Business Insider reviewed official briefings, flight data, and air traffic control audio tapes to piece together what happened before tragedy struck.
An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. A D.C. fire official said Thursday that “we don't think there are any survivors from this accident" and "we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.
Watch as the National Transportation Safety Board hosts a media briefing on its investigation into Wednesday’s mid-air collision near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
After a 60-passenger American Airlines flight and U.S. Army helicopter collided mid-air Jan. 29, a man shared the final text messages he received from his wife aboard the aircraft. “I left his house and got in my car and I called my wife first and I was crying, because I knew he did it," Ron Shipp said about OJ Simpson.
Ormond Beach resident Jonathan Ray Campos was captain of jet that collided with Army helicopter over nation’s capital
After the deadly collision between a passenger plane and a U.S. Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., politicians and political commentators were quick to cast blame. President Donald Trump suggested diversity initiatives within the Federal Aviation Administration were at fault for the crash,
A small plane has crashed in Northeast Philadelphia as crews respond to a fiery scene late Friday, Pennsylvania’s governor said. The crash site is less than 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from