On January 29, 2025, a Bombardier CRJ700 airliner operating as American Airlines Flight 5342 and a United States Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter operating as Priority Air Transport 25 collid
N709PS, the Bombardier CRJ701ER involved in the collision, pictured in 2022
00-26860, the Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk involved in the collision, pictured in 2018 without the External Stores Support System it had equipped at the time of the accident
FAA chart showing the helicopter routes near Reagan National. Routes 1 and 4 can be seen over the upper and lower Potomac River respectively.
Wreckage of the PSA plane the morning after the crash
American Airlines Flight 587 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, to Las Américas International Airport, Santo Domingo, D
2025 Potomac River mid-air collision
…It was the first major US commercial passenger flight crash since Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009, and the deadliest US air disaster since the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in 2001. This was also the third hull loss and first fatal accident involving the CRJ700 series. The jet was on final approach into Reagan National…
Overhead view of the wreckage
N14053, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in January 2001
Flight 587, circled in white, moving downward with a white streak behind the aircraft at 9:16:06, from a video of a toll-booth camera on the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge