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Fast facts
- An American Airlines plane and Army helicopter collided around 9 p.m. local time Wednesday near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, D.C.. All 67 onboard both aircraft are presumed dead.
- The Army told Fox News Digital that the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, carrying three soldiers, was “from Bravo Company, 12th Aviation Battalion, out of Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir” and was conducting a “training flight.”
- President Donald Trump said Thursday that the deadly midair collision was a “confluence of bad decisions that were made and you have people that lost their lives, violently lost their lives.”
- First responders have located the wreckage of both aircraft and are conducting a recovery mission. The fuselage of the American Airlines plane was inverted and located in three different sections in the freezing cold Potomac River, in waist deep water.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recovered critical evidence that could piece together the final moments before Wednesday’s deadly midair collision.
In a statement to Fox News, the agency said the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from American Airlines flight 5342 has been found by NTSB investigators.
“The recorders are at the NTSB labs for evaluation,” an NTSB spokesperson said.
Fox News Jennifer Griffin contributed to this update.
Click here to follow the latest updates following the deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport.
Click here to follow the latest updates following the deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport.
The control tower at the Reagan National Airport after the crash of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River on approach to the airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Getty Images)
American Airline flights from Wichita to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. are scheduled to resume Friday, two days after a deadly midair collision near the airport.
Fox News’ Mark Meredith reports there have been dozens of cancellations but with minimal delays.
Weather forecasts in the area were showing a 100% chance of rain with wind gusts as high as 25 mph.
Meanwhile, there were reports of debris floating to areas along the Potomac River, the site of Wednesday evening’s deadly collision. Local governments have been urging residents not to touch or remove any of the found items.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said late Thursday that Wednesday’s deadly midair collision was “not what I expected” on his first day on the job…
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