A man whose wife was aboard an American Airline flight which collided with a Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday revealed his harrowing last messages with her moments before the crash. Hamaad Raza is now eagerly awaiting news of his wife after a military helicopter crashed into American Airlines Flight 5342 that was descending onto the runway.
Mr Raza revealed that the flight was so close that his wife had found a phone signal and could text him about their imminent landing. “She texted me that they were landing in 20 minutes. The rest of my texts didn't get delivered and that's when I realised that something might be up,” he told the WUSA news team at the airport.
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A glance at his phone shows that the final message he sent her was: “Haven’t landed yet?”. Speaking to reporters he said: "I'm just praying that someone is pulling her out of the river right now as we speak.”. Mr Raza is among many heartbroken families that are desperately trying to find information at Reagan Airport about what happened to their loved ones.
A massive search mission and investigation is underway after the regional plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew collided with a military aircraft mid-air. The plane departed from Kansas and was due to arrive at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC at around 9pm local time on Wednesday.
