Two “black boxes” have been recovered from the American Airlines regional jet following its deadly collision with an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday evening, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
The Federal Aviation Administration said a passenger jet and a Blackhawk helicopter collided midair as the plane was on the approach to Reagan National Airport just outside of Washington D.C. on Wednesday evening.
Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.
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The staffing at the air control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was "not normal" when an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided on Wednesday night, a report shows.
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Authorities believe there were no survivors in the accident, which happened as a regional passenger jet was attempting to land Wednesday night at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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The collision between an American Airlines Group Inc. regional jet and a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan airport in Washington left no survivors on board the two aircraft.
Airport director Marty Piette says every commercial service airport in the U.S. has an FAA-approved airport emergency plan.