Hope fades in desperate hunt for survivors after American Airlines plane crashes into Army Black Hawk near Reagan Airport
Hope fades in desperate hunt for survivors after American Airlines plane crashes into Army Black Hawk near Reagan Airport
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Plane was reportedly in pieces, no survivors reported as of early Thursday. Rescuers and family members were losing hope early Thursday that any survivors would be found in the Potomac River after an American Airlines plane carrying 64 people collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on a training mission near Washington DC’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.
![[A significant response from fire, EMS, and police, were reported at the scene of the incident in the Potomac River]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/30/3/11/AP25030115006116.jpeg)
No survivors were reported as of late Wednesday night from the helicopter or the flight traveling from Wichita, Kansas. “We probably lost 60 Kansans tonight,” Kansas senator Roger Marshall told reporters at a briefing early Thursday morning. "It’s really hard when you lose probably over 60 Kansans simultaneously,” he “When one person dies it’s a tragedy, but when many, many, many people die, it’s an unbearable sorrow. It’s a heartbreak beyond major.”.
![[American Airlines said on X that it was aware of the incident and would provide further information in due course]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/30/3/57/AP25030114767346.jpeg)
A citywide prayer service is planned for Wichita Thursday. Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declined to confirm whether any bodies had been recovered or anyone survived the crash. "We are in a rescue mode," insisted Jack Potter, CEO of Washington Airports Authority.
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom expressed “deep sorrow” following the crash. “This is a difficult day for all of us at American Airlines, and our efforts now are focused entirely on the needs of our passengers, crew members, partners, first responders, along with their families and loved ones," he said in a video statement after the tragedy.
