The American Airlines passenger jet that collided midair with a U.S. Army helicopter Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., had made a stop in Maine the day before the crash.
The airline tracking website FlightAware indicated that the same aircraft involved in the crash was scheduled to depart from Burlington early Friday for Washington.
President Donald Trump questioned the Army helicopter in the fatal crash for flying at the same height at an American Airlines plane.
The jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at the airport.
An American Airlines regional jet was involved in a midair collision near Washington, D.C., the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday.
An American Airlines plane had to be evacuated in North Carolina after smoke was detected coming from the plane, with a flight attendant taken to a nearby hospital, according to officials. All 50
Passengers on the flight included a group of figure skaters, their coaches and family members who were returning from a development camp that followed the U.S.
Several US figure skaters and coaches — including two world champions — were onboard American Airlines Flight 5342 when it collided with a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport Wednesday night.
Several flights between Charlotte Douglas International Airport and Reagan National Airport have been canceled or delayed following a deadly collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter on Wednesday.
The Federal Aviation Administration in a statement said American Airlines Flight 5342, departing from Wichita, Kansas to Washington, collided around 9 p.m. midair while approaching the runway with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter.
Officials have transitioned to a "recovery effort" to find the bodies of the 67 people believed to have died in the crash near Reagan Airport near DC.
Travelers at Bangor International Airport were stunned Thursday by the news of an American Airlines flight’s midair collision with a military helicopter in Washington, D.C.