The aircraft impacted in fullness at the Reagan National Airport. The authorities initiated rescue tasks. There were 60 passengers and 4 crew were aboard flight 5342. 18 bodies were already recovered.
A commercial plane from American Airlines with about 60 passengers and four crew collided in Washington with a military helicopter on the Potomac River when it carried out the approach to Ronald Reagan airport. The accident occurred at 20.48, local time, when the device crashed in full flight with a Sikorsky H-60 (Black Hawk) helicopter that performed training maneuvers. The helicopter wore three military on board.
The rescue teams recovered about twenty water bodies, but no living person, according to local media. It is not expected that there are survivors, given the nature of the accident. The helicopter approached the plane until he crashed with him. The devices exploded in the air, illuminating the sky of the capital, as seen in a video that circulates through social networks, taken with the Kennedy Center webcam.
American Airlines He confirmed the known information of the accident in a statement, including the number of passengers and crew. “Our concern focuses on passengers and the crew on board the aircraft. We are in contact with the authorities and collaborating in the emergency response, ”said the company, which opened family assistance lines.
“I have been fully informed of the terrible accident that has just taken place at the Reagan National Airport. God bless your souls. Thanks for the incredible work that our first intervenings are doing, ”he said United States president Donald Trump, in a statement distributed by the White House.
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