An aviation expert looks at the circumstances of the Washington DC crash when a Black Hawk helicopter collided with a passenger plane and says the chances of survival are “remote”.
READ MORE: https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/plane-crash-washington-dc-helicopter-latest-news-w2zz5z2vh
A US passenger plane carrying 64 people crashed into Washington DC’s freezing Potomac River after a collision with a military helicopter.
American Airlines flight 5342 had been about to land at the nearby Reagan National Airport after flying from Kansas when it hit the Black Hawk helicopter on a nighttime training exercise on Wednesday.
The crash occurred at 8.48pm prompting a major emergency response with divers, fireboats, and helicopters searching for survivors in the frigid water.
Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/
Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo
Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/
Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetimes
Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/
#washington #planecrash #americanairlines