8 hours ago LBC host kicks 'numbskull' US columnist off live show after backing wild Donald Trump claim

Iain Dale ordered Kurt Schlichter to be taken off air after the US columnist supported Donald Trump's ludicrous claim that diversity hiring was to blame for a tragic plane crash in DC

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28 hours ago World champion Russian skaters on American Airlines jet built a new life as coaches in the US

The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world champions in the pairs event

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39 minutes ago Top pilot: What the black boxes from doomed Washington DC plane will tell us about horror crash

Two 'black boxes,' or flight data recorders, recovered from the passenger plane that crashed in Washington DC should offer new insight into the circumstances leading up to and during the incident.

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31 hours ago Is flying becoming more dangerous? Fears grow after American Airlines flight tragedy

After Washington collision, statistics show whether there has been a rise in aviation fatalities recently

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28 hours ago American Airlines crash: Trump says 'I put safety first' as he blames Biden over regulations

US President Donald Trump has confirmed to the media that there are 'no survivors' after a catastrophic air disaster involving an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter

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3 hours ago New American Airlines crash footage shows moment doomed plane barrel rolled into river

The Washington DC aviation disaster was the deadliest in more than two decades of US history, killing 67 people, and has left a raft of questions officials hope to answer with an investigation

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30 hours ago Husband reveals last text from wife on board doomed AA flight as family members prepare for worst

Hamaad Raza said his wife had been texting him moments before the flight went off-grid: ‘That’s when I realized something might be up’

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4 hours ago Heartbreaking video of 'world's best flight attendant' at work before he died in DC plane crash

A clip of Ian Epstein, 53, warmly joking with passengers has surfaced after the crew member tragically died in the American Airlines plane crash in Washington, DC.

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33 hours ago Mapped: How American Airlines plane collided with Black Hawk army helicopter near Washington DC airport

The death toll from the two aircraft collision is presumed to be 67 as emergency services frantically wade through Potomac River in freezing conditions to desperately search for bodies

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4 hours ago Who was flying the American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter before Washington DC crash?

Officials have recovered 40 bodies from the wreckage after American Airlines flight collided with Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac

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5 hours ago Childhood friends died in American Airlines crash flying back from annual hunting trip

Michael Stovall, Steve Johnson, Jonathan Boyd, Jesse Pitcher and Tommy Clagett have been named as being among the 64 victims who lost their lives on Flight 5342 on Wednesday night.

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6 hours ago Moment air traffic controller gasps as American Airlines plane and US Army helicopter crash in Washington DC

A gasp can be heard on air traffic control audio as an American Airlines plane and a US Army helicopter collided in Washington DC on Wednesday, 29 January.

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6 hours ago Donald Trump reveals cause of American Airline plane crash that killed 67 people

American Airlines chief executive Robert Isom said the plane was making a normal approach when “the military aircraft came into the path” of the jet.

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10 hours ago Flight simulator recreates final moments of Washington DC crash aircraft

A flight simulator has recreated the journey an American Airlines plane took before a fatal crash with a US Army helicopter on Wednesday, 29 January.

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11 hours ago Washington DC plane crash latest: Air traffic controller 'left shift early' before American Airlines disaster

None of the 67 passengers and crew are believed to have survived, as investigators work on ‘black boxes’ found in the ruins of American Eagle flight 5342

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11 hours ago New footage of American Airlines crash shows doomed jet and Black Hawk helicopter's lights could be seen from over a mile away

Lights from both aircraft are seen flashing as they continue to fly towards each other, before crashing in mid-air. A fireball then erupted and both aircrafts tumbled into the icy Potomac River.

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11 hours ago Tributes pour in for crews killed in horror crash between American Airlines jet and helicopter

At least 40 bodies have been pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River as recovery operations continue in the wake of the devastating American Airlines crash - with more tributes flooding in

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11 hours ago Why did the Washington DC plane and helicopter crash happen? Everything we know so far about the US air disaster

Authorities fear mass casualties as civil jet crashes into Black Hawk army helicopter

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11 hours ago Hero pilot Captain Sully Sullenberger weighs in on DC American Airlines crash

‘We’ve had to learn important lessons literally with blood too often’, said the Captain

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13 hours ago American Airlines crash passengers pictured as victims include Disney performer

At least 30 bodies have been recovered after the tragedy at the Potomac River.

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13 hours ago Donald Trump's American Airlines crash 'joke' as he asks 'we're going swimming?'

"I have a plan to visit – not the site. Because what – you tell me. What's the site?"

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14 hours ago American Airlines crash: Hero pilot's terrifying theory on Washington tragedy

Captain Chesley Sullenberger, who famously landed a passenger plane on New York's Hudson River in 2009, has revealed his theory of what happened yesterday.

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14 hours ago All we know about American Airlines crash victims from athletes to pilots

the tragic collision between a military Black hawk helicopter and an American Airlines airplane carrying 64 passengers and crew on Thursday sadly had no survivors

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15 hours ago Washington plane crash: Black boxes found after American Airlines jet collision disaster amid air traffic shortage claims

Divers will on Friday aim to salvage the crashed American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter from the Potomac River

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18 hours ago DC crash: All the faces of the American Airlines plane tragedy including Disney performer

All 67 people onboard the American Airlines plane and the Army helicopter, which collided near Reagan National Airport in Washington DC, died, officials confirmed

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