American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the deadly midair collision between an American passenger jet and a military helicopter, will be the lone authority on the cause and details of the crash.
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DC plane crash investigators recover American Airlines black boxes after midair collision
Black Hawk black box and two from American Airlines plane recovered
Victims are being named after an American Airlines flight crashed with a Black Hawk by Reagan National Airport, leaving no survivors.
National Transportation Safety Board recovers black boxes from plane crash at Reagan National Airport
American Airlines confirmed to PEOPLE on Friday, Jan. 31, that flight 5342 will cease to exist. The airline is retiring the number following the tragic collision in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan.
No chute or slides appeared to be deployed from the American Airlines plane, according to J. Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board. “It was a very quick, rapid impact,” he said.
The National Transportation Safety Board did not specify how many air traffic controllers were working at the time of the collision.
D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services confirmed Friday morning that 41 bodies have been recovered from the crash site, including all three soldiers who were on the Army Black Hawk helicopter. Travel expert Peter Greenberg says the National Transportation Safety Board should take the time to get answers on how the crash occurred.
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said the airline has activated its care team to assist in recovery efforts after one of its jets collided with a helicopter.
Business Insider reviewed official briefings, flight data, and air traffic control audio tapes to piece together what happened before tragedy struck.
After a 60-passenger American Airlines flight and U.S. Army helicopter collided mid-air Jan. 29, a man shared the final text messages he received from his wife aboard the aircraft. “I left his house and got in my car and I called my wife first and I was crying, because I knew he did it," Ron Shipp said about OJ Simpson.
Police boats combed the banks of the Potomac River on Friday, moving slowly under rainy skies and scanning the shoreline as investigators sought clues into the midair collision that killed 67 people and raised
Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., employees at the Federal Aviation Administration were sent an offer to resign with eight months’
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R - MO 6th District) said Friday that the military helicopter involved in Wednesday night's fatal crash involving an American Airlines jet was not at the right altitude.
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