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.
Officials from the NTSB reiterated local authorities’ belief that there were no survivors in the deadly Wednesday, Jan. 29 midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington,
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.
Investigators found the recording devices, or black boxes, from the American Airlines plane that collided with a helicopter Wednesday near Washington.
Wendy Jo Shaffer has been identified as one of the victims of the Wednesday, Jan. 29, American Airlines crash that officials believe killed 67 people
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom shared a letter to all employees sharing updates and resources following the deadly mid-air collision.
No survivors are expected, authorities said Thursday, after a commercial flight and a helicopter collided in midair Wednesday night as the jet was about to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington,
The Post can reveal that miscommunications in one of the most crowded and complex patches of sky in the US are likely to blame.
DALLAS — Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board will likely be studying three main elements as they try to pinpoint the cause of the mid-air collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and the U.S. Army helicopter on Wednesday night.
The 64 people on board the American Airlines passenger jet and three soldiers on board the US army helicopter that collided over Washington are presumed dead.
The NTSB is an independent federal agency responsible for investigating all civil aviation accidents and other serious incidents in the U.S.