The National Transportation Safety Board posted on X (formerly Twitter): “NTSB has launched a go-team to the aviation accident involving a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 airplane and a Sikorsky H-60 military helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.”.
An American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 people was on the approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport when it collided in mid-air with an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday evening.
Most international flights to the US capital arrive at Dulles airport, 20 miles west of the city centre.
It opened in 1941 very close to the centre of Washington – the northern perimeter is just three miles south of the White House.
Washington DC mid-air collision questions answered Lessons will be learnt from this tragedy and will contribute to future air safety.
