15 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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88 minutes ago Pilots and doctor killed in fiery Philadelphia plane crash identified as tragic details emerge

The seven people who died in Friday night's fiery plane crash in Northeast Philadelphia have been identified, with the young girl who was being transported back to Tijuana after receiving "life-saving care" at a Philadelphia hospital among the victims

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8 hours ago Haunting final photos inside doomed DC plane reveal young ice skating sisters and their parents

Everly Livingston, 14, and her younger sister Alydia, 11, were beaming as they headed back to the capital after an ice-skating development camp in Kansas, alongside their parents Donna and Peter.

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20 hours ago The tragic air collision revealed Trump’s rancid, irredeemable character once again | Sidney Blumenthal

Trump’s pretense as king has quickly devolved into his strutting insult routine. He will always exploit tragedy to display his self-regardOutrages of Donald Trump’s rancid character topple over each other so rapidly and in such volume that they long ago became banal. His vileness is unremarked upon, his rottenness unworthy of further commentary. Trump’s offensiveness is an unspoken assumption. Rules and norms exist for him to break. More, he is rewarded. Meta, after discarding monitoring of hateful content and disinformation on Facebook, is paying him $25m in tribute to settle his lawsuit against it for having banned him after his attempted coup on January 6 and his potential “instances of violence” and threats to “public safety”. All is forgiven, if not forgotten. There are no gates; there are no gatekeepers. Let the bad times roll.But Trump crashed through a new boundary after an army helicopter collided with an airliner about to land at Washington’s Reagan National airport on 29 ...

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4 hours ago Civil rights attorney and former Beauty pageant winner among the 67 killed in DC mid

Teenage ice skating stars, their parents, and a soon-to-be-married pilot also among the dead as tributes pour in

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4 hours ago Captain Rebecca Lobach is identified as third Black Hawk pilot who died in collision with American Airlines flight in DC

The U.S. Army has identified the second pilot of the H-60 Black Hawk Helicopter that collided with an American Airline CRJ-700 passenger jet on Wednesday as it was on approach to land in D.C.

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5 hours ago DC plane crash latest: Black Hawk helicopter was performing 'doomsday' training at the time of collision

None of the 67 passengers and crew are believed to have survived

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5 hours ago Pennsylvania plane pilots and doctor providing lifesaving care to young girl are named as victims in deadly fireball crash

The two pilots involved in the Pennsylvania plane crash and a doctor that was on board have been named after the tragic incident killed all six on board.

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6 hours ago Pennsylvania plane crash pilots and doctor identified after deadly explosion

The victims of the Pennsylvania plane crash are revealed as the doctor and pilot are named in the crash that killed all six on board, including a young girl.

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6 hours ago Philadelphia plane crash latest updates: Doctor killed in fiery medical jet crash identified; death toll rises to seven

Air ambulance flight crashed near Roosevelt Mall about 30 seconds after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, potentially killing six

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7 hours ago Terrifying moment Philadelphia plane crash debris smashes restaurant diner in head

People in a diner a quarter of a mile away can be seen diving for cover as wreckage from the Philadelphia plane crash comes blasting into the building, with one man struck in the head by flying debris

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8 hours ago DC plane crash latest in series of US army helicopter training accidents

Aviation experts say piloting Black Hawk helicopters is a complex challenge but army defends training operationsIn March 2023, two US army Black Hawk helicopters collided and crashed into a Kentucky farmer’s field after a nighttime evacuation training mission, killing nine service members.That crash was among a dozen fatal crashes during army Black Hawk training missions since 2014 that claimed the lives of 47 service members and in April 2023 helped prompt Pentagon officials to temporarily ground and provide more training to all army aviators not involved in critical missions. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago King Charles releases heartfelt statement on Washington DC plane crash that killed 67 people

As of Friday afternoon, 41 bodies had been pulled from the Potomac River, including 28 that had been positively identified, Washington DC fire chief John Donnelly Sr.

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8 hours ago Black Hawk didn't follow air traffic controller's route before DC plane crash

The Army Black Hawk that collided with an American Airlines plane was hundreds of feet outside air traffic control's predesignated, approved route ahead of the deadly crash in DC.

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9 hours ago ‘Our youngest and brightest’: grief of DC plane crash rocks figure skating community

The loss of the young figure skaters whose lives were cut tragically short in the American Eagle flight 5342 crash has ripped a hole in the tightly knit world of figure skatingEveryone agreed it was the best camp they’d ever been to. The most fun. There was an interpretive dance class. Successful jump drills were met with high-fives all around. On the day of the Chinese new year, the kids all went out for hot pot. And parents and coaches, regardless of athlete rivalries, intermingled in camaraderie; when one parent noticed a coach’s voice grow hoarse, they pulled a ginger shot from out of their purse, handing it to her with a smile.National development camps, such as the one that took place following the US figure skating championships in Wichita last week, are held for the highest performing juvenile, intermediate and novice skaters. The young athletes with the greatest potential are offered this chance to watch the stars of their sport compete, and then learn from some of the most...

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9 hours ago Philadelphia plane crash latest: All six on board and one person on ground killed

The medical transport jet came down in the Pennsylvania city on Friday night

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10 hours ago Philadelphia plane crash latest: Death toll rises to seven after medical jet carrying six crashed near Roosevelt mall

Air ambulance flight crashed near Roosevelt Mall about 30 seconds after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, potentially killing six

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10 hours ago Philadelphia plane crash: Medical jet crashes into homes killing all on board and car driver on ground

The Learjet 55, operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, came down just four miles from take-off at Northeast Philadelphia Airport

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10 hours ago Chilling moan heard in Pennsylvania plane crash audio chatter between doomed pilot and air traffic control

A chilling moan was heard in newly revealed cockpit audio chatter between air traffic control and the doomed air ambulance that crashed over Pennsylvania on Friday night.

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10 hours ago Medical jet crashes in Philadelphia, killing seven and setting homes on fire

All six people onboard and one person on the ground are dead, with 19 others injured, says Philadelphia mayorSeven people were killed after a medical transport plane crashed into a north-east Philadelphia neighborhood on Friday.All six people on the flight and one person on the ground are dead. Nineteen others were injured, the Philadelphia mayor, Cherelle Parker, said. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Philadelphia plane crash latest: Person in car among seven killed when medical jet carrying sick child crashes into neighborhood

Air ambulance flight crashed near Roosevelt Mall about 30 seconds after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, potentially killing six

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12 hours ago Philadelphia plane crash latest: No survivors on board medical jet that was carrying six people, including a pediatric patient

Air ambulance flight crashed near Roosevelt Mall about 30 seconds after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, potentially killing six

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