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

The two ‘black boxes’ have been recovered from the wreckage, with a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder taken for lab analysis

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39 hours ago Investigators recover black boxes from doomed American Airlines Flight 5342 as they hunt for answers: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Sixty passengers, four crew, and three US Army personnel are believed to be dead after the collision 400ft over the Potomac River in Washington DC.

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2 hours ago The low keep getting lower, as shown by Trump’s response to the DC plane crash

When asked about his plans to visit the crash site, Trump made a joke: ‘The water? You want me to go swimming?’Every day, the world seems to get stupider and stupider and our leaders seem to get nastier and nastier. Nobody expects empathy or accuracy from Donald Trump but, even by the extremely low standards to which he is held, his reaction to the tragic mid-air collision in Washington DC that killed 67 people on Wednesday night was shocking. Continue reading...

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19 hours ago Rubio to visit Central America with migration and Panama canal on agenda

US secretary of state to visit region amid concern over Trump threat to ‘take back’ canal and tensions over ChinaMarco Rubio, the US secretary of state, will travel to Central America this week on a five-country tour that will focus on limiting migration to the United States, curbing Chinese influence in the region and on securing Donald Trump’s ambitious goal of reasserting US control over the Panama canal.Rubio will travel to Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic from Saturday to Thursday this week, meeting with the presidents of each. It is the first time in more than a century that a secretary’s first official visit abroad will be to Central America. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago New footage captures moment American Airlines plane and army Black Hawk helicopter crash in Washington DC

New footage capture by airport security cameras shows the moment an American Airlines Flight and army helicopter collide near Reagan National Airport.

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25 hours ago Donald Trump branded 'racist and insane' in Democrats fiery Washington plane crash response

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a press conference just one day after President Trump seemed to blame diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs for the air crash that claimed the lives of 67 people

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3 hours ago Bill Maher praises Trump for mocking reporter's 'stupid question'... as he jokes about DC plane crash

Bill Maher offered rare praise for President Trump over his controversial 'swimming' response to the Washington DC plane crash.

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26 hours ago US president Donald Trump appears to blame DEI for Washington DC plane crash

This is the third time diversity quota has been blamed this year after a US disaster

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3 hours ago Washington DC plane crash Black Hawk Army chopper 'was on president evacuation training drill'

The Black Hawk helicopter destroyed this week when it collided with an American Airlines flight landing in Washington DC had been on a drill in preparation of evacuating the president

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27 hours ago Moment air traffic controller screams as American Airlines plane collides with Black Hawk helicopter over Washington

Air traffic control (ATC) operators were directing the doomed Black Hawk Sikorsky H-60 helicopter - marked as a PAT 25 - to pass behind the plane just seconds before the deadly crash occurred.

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39 hours ago Reform chairman hits out at Trump for 'political point scoring' after Washington DC plane crash

Reform chairman Zia Yusuf has hit out at Donald Trump for “political point scoring” after the deadly Washington DC plane crash.

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5 hours ago Washington DC plane crash: How series of horrific mistakes led to disaster that killed 67

The Federal Aviation Administration is continuing to investigate the crash on Washington DC between an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter, as some details emerge

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7 hours ago Girl and mum among six dead in Philadelphia plane crash as US mourns second tragedy in two days

An aircraft crash involving a Learjet 55 has been confirmed in the area of Northeast Philadelphia, just two days after the fatal Washington DC plane crash.

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8 hours ago Washington plane crash: Black box recovered from Black Hawk helicopter as 41 bodies pulled from Potomac river

Questions grow about air safety in the US capital as Donald Trump says Black Hawk chopper was 'flying too high' at time of collision

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8 hours ago Internet in tears over child ice skating couple's final performance before deadly DC plane crash

Social media users have shared their devastated reactions to one of the final performances of two child figure skaters who died in the horrifying Washington DC plane crash.

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14 hours ago DC crash: Army's 'extraordinary step' over female pilot in Washington disaster

Chief Warrant Office 2 Andrew Eaves and crew chief Staff Sergeant Ryan O'Hara were named as victims of the Washington DC plane crash but a third soldier was aboard the chopper

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16 hours ago Full list of DC plane crash victims: All the people confirmed dead in Washington's Reagan Airport tragedy

More than 40 bodies have been recovered from a Washington DC aircraft collision, including a TikTok skating star, a famed athlete couple, and all four flight crew members.

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17 hours ago ‘Black box’ from helicopter involved in Washington plane crash recovered

Flight data and cockpit voice recorder ‘in good condition’ despite collision with American Airlines jet, official saysWashington DC plane crash – latest updatesThe National Transportation Safety Board has recovered the flight “black box” from the US military Black Hawk helicopter involved in Wednesday’s deadly crash with a commercial airliner, and it appears to be undamaged, NTSB member Todd Inman said Friday.The black box – containing a flight data and cockpit voice recorder – was “in good condition” despite its accident with an American Airlines jet in Washington DC, Inman said. But, he said, the NTSB would not be releasing information from the device immediately as investigations into the crash that killed more 67 people aboard both aircraft continued. Continue reading...

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17 hours ago DC plane crash wreck will need to be pulled from river to recover remaining victims

Rescue services have so far pulled 41 bodies from the Potomac River in Washington after a mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane and an army helicopter that has killed 67 people

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17 hours ago Washington DC plane crash live: ‘black box’ data recorder recovered from Black Hawk helicopter

Officials say over 100 family members of victims are in the Washington area for briefings and that every air traffic controller involved is under intense scrutinyAlarms raised about ‘congested’ airspace before fatal Washington crashReagan national’s main runway is the busiest in the United States, with more than 800 daily takeoffs and landings.The National Transportation Safety Board has investigated nine accidents or incidents at the airport this century, including two that were fatal, records showed. Continue reading...

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19 hours ago American Airlines pilot's heartbreaking final words before horror DC plane crash

The last words from Jonathan Campos, the pilot of the American Airlines plane that crashed in Washington DC yesterday, have now been revealed by his family

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19 hours 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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20 hours ago New DC plane crash images spark fresh concern over Black Hawk pilot's actions

New images show the path taken by the Black Hawk pilot seconds before the deadly collision with an American Airlines passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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22 hours ago Bodies of married Russian figure skaters who were on doomed Washington DC plane have been found

The bodies of Russian figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov have been found after they were on board the American Airlines flight that crashed in Washington DC.

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23 hours ago Disabled pilot responds after Trump blames diversity and inclusion policies for DC crash

A disabled pilot has called President Trump’s suggestion that diversity and inclusion policies contributed to the Washington DC plane crash a "gut punch" to disabled people.

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23 hours ago DC plane crash latest updates: Crews work to find remaining victims as investigators recover black boxes

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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