A MILITARY BLACK HAWK HELCOPTER AND REGONAL JET CRASH OVER POTOMAC RIVER IN ARLINGTON VIRGINIA NEAR WASHINGTON AIRPORT REPORTS ALL 70 POSSIBLY DEAD.

 A MILITARY BLACK HAWK HELCOPTER AND REGONAL JET CRASH OVER POTOMAC RIVER IN ARLINGTON VIRGINIA NEAR WASHINGTON AIRPORT REPORTS ALL 70 POSSIBLY DEAD.

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OSINTdefender-@sentdefender-A Commercial Aircraft reportedly impacted a D.C. Police Helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, causing the Plane to land in the Potomac River. Several Agencies are responding, with a number of Fireboats having already arrived at the Site of the Crash, to begin Search-and-Rescue Operations.

DC Fire and EMS Department-@dcfireems-Confirmed small aircraft down in Potomac River vicinity Reagan National Airport. Fireboats on scene. #DCsBravest-9:09 PM · Jan 29, 2025

Potomac plane crash: Rescue operation underway near Reagan airport after apparent helicopter collision-Story by Brady Knox, Washington Examiner-JAN 29,25

Aircraft traffic was halted at Ronald Reagan National Airport after a helicopter and plane appeared to collide with each other.According to data from Flightaware, American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, collided with a helicopter, reportedly a D.C. police helicopter. A webcam video from the Kennedy Center captured the incident."All takeoffs and landings have been halted at DCA. Emergency personnel are responding to an aircraft incident on the airfield. The terminal remains open. Will update," Reagan Airport said.The DC Fire and EMS Department confirmed that a "small aircraft" had crashed into the Potomac River in the vicinity of the airport, adding that fireboats had been deployed.Video posted on social media showed police aircraft and fireboats surveying the area.This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

American Airlines jet collides mid-air with military helicopter in DC: officials-Daniel Hampton-January 29, 2025 9:38PM ET

A regional jet operated by American Airlines reportedly collided mid-air with a Blackhawk helicopter near the Potomac River on Wednesday night, causing the nearby Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, to shut down, and promoting a massive response.Video circulating social media appeared to show an explosion in the air over the river.Karoline Leavitt told Fox News that "tragically it appears a military helicopter collided with a regional jet at DCA airport right here in Washington, D.C."Local fire and emergency medical officials say fireboats were at the scene of the crash. The Metropolitan Police Department said there were no confirmed casualties.The airport was closed until 11 p.m. “due to an aircraft emergency,” the Federal Aviation Agency said on its website.All flights were under a ground stop while first responders raced to the crash. Airport terminals were reportedly open.Preliminary flight tracking data showed the plane could have held up to 60 people, CNN reported.

HERES AN OLD STORY OF ANOTHER PLANE CRASH IN THIS AREA.
From the archives: Heroes pull people from icy Potomac after 1982 jet crash-The few survivors on Air Florida Flight 90 were brought to the terrifying scene in the Potomac by a series of tragic errors.
By Maggie More    • Published January 12, 2024    • Updated on January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm    NBC Universal, Inc.

It’s been 42 years since Air Florida Flight 90 struggled to take off from Washington National Airport, struck the 14th Street Bridge and then plunged into icy water. But the daring rescue is still impressive decades later.If you've ever used the 14th Street Bridge to get from Arlington into D.C., you may well have driven on a span memorializing Arland D. Williams, Jr.It's not the name most people give to the bridge. But if you zoom in on Google Maps, the official name is there, paying tribute to a man who sacrificed his life to save others during a shocking 1982 plane crash into a frozen Potomac River.It's been 42 years since Air Florida Flight 90 struggled to take off from Washington National Airport, struck the 14th Street Bridge and then plunged into icy water. But the daring rescue performed by National Park Service employees, aided by Williams, plus a few people who rushed over to help, is still impressive decades later. And in the case of Williams — a passenger aboard the flight who initially survived the crash — it was the ultimate sacrifice.Here's a look back at the crash, and the rescue.What went wrong?The few survivors on Air Florida Flight 90 were brought to the terrifying scene in the Potomac by a series of tragic errors.On Jan. 13, 1982, it had been snowing all day as Flight 90 was set to take off from National Airport en route to Tampa. The airport itself had to be closed for more than an hour to clear the runway of the accumulating snow. The Boeing 737 had been de-iced but then sat on the runway for almost an hour -- with snow and ice rebuilding on the wings all the while.The pilot, Larry Wheaton, had never flown in snow before, and took off without inspecting his plane first.According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report, the plane "experienced difficulty in climbing immediately following rotation and subsequently stalled."The pilots, rolling the plane down the runway, looked at the gauges and saw that something was terribly wrong.Wheaton's co-pilot, Roger Pettit, wanted to abort the flight."God, look at that thing! That don't seem right, does it?" Pettit said, according to tape from the cockpit voice recorder that the FAA reviewed after the crash. Pettit repeated himself — but the flight continued anyway, Wheaton seemingly unbothered by the unusual readings.Survivors plunge into Potomac amid chunks of ice, airplane debrisAt liftoff, the plane began to shake violently.Air Florida Flight 90 was briefly airborne before it struck the 14th Street Bridge on its way down, smashing cars and killing four people on the bridge before plunging headfirst into the freezing water of the Potomac."People were screaming, and then it got very quiet," Nikki Felch, one of the survivors of the crash, told News4 in the aftermath.The tail section of the plane broke off in the water, giving five people onboard a chance to escape.But while the crash didn't kill them, the icy January water could."Cold is cold, and you start freezing up pretty quick," said Roger Olian, a bystander to the crash. Olian was a sheet metalworker at the nearby St. Elizabeth's Hospital at the time of the crash, and he raced to the shore when he saw the victims in the river.He tied a rope around his waist and jumped into the Potomac, trying to swim to the people in the water."I thought, well, if they can see somebody coming out, maybe they can hold on a little longer," Olian said.Despite his best efforts, the temperature of the water defeated him. But just in time, a National Park Service helicopter, Eagle 1, arrived.Eagle 1 was piloted by Don Usher and Gene Windsor, who performed an unbelievable rescue — made more impressive by the fact that in the 1980s, all they had to work with was a rope."We were in the stone age of rescue equipment, yes," Usher told News4 decades after the crash.But Usher was a chopper pilot during the Vietnam War, and knew how to maneuver. Windsor stood on the skids of the helicopter as it hovered over the Potomac — at one point simply grabbing Felch out of the water."He physically reached down, picked her up, pulled her up onto his boot — and he was not strapped in," said Usher.It took such extreme measures to save the few survivors. Cameras captured heart-wrenching footage of Priscilla Tirado, a passenger on the flight whose husband and 2-month-old baby died in the crash. She was cold, weak, and blinded by jet fuel, barely hanging onto a dangling life preserver before her grip gave out.She was moments from drowning.Then, Lenny Skutnik, a bystander who worked for the government, dove into the water, grabbed Tirado and dragged her to shore.@nbcwashington-It's been 42 years since Air Florida Flight 90 struggled to take off from Washington National Airport, struck the 14th Street Bridge and then plunged into icy water. But the daring rescue performed by National Park Service employees is still awe-inspiring decades later. #potomac #potomacriver #planecrash #boeing737 #nationalparkservice #airfloridaflight90 #washingtondc #dc #arlington #virginia #14thstreetbridge #arlanddwilliamsjr #dmv #news #1982 #archivalfootage♬ original sound - NBC Washington-Arland D. Williams Jr.: 'Mystery hero' honored-Also an integral part of the rescue efforts in 1982 was Arland D. Williams Jr., a passenger who repeatedly helped rescue other passengers in the water rather than getting out himself.Williams died that day, disappearing into the frigid waters before he himself could be rescued.The Washington Post documented the day that Williams was identified as the "mystery hero" of the crash, and honored by then-President Ronald Reagan:"You can live with tremendous pride..." Reagan told Williams' parents and his two children as the president awarded Williams a posthumous Coast Guard's Gold Lifesaving Medal during a ceremony in the Oval Office. Reagan quoted from a Time magazine article published after the crash, saying: "'If the man in the water gave a lifeline to the people gasping for survival, he was likewise giving a lifeline to those who observed him.'"Williams was an employee of the Federal Reserve. He was 46 when he died.After the 14th Street Bridge was repaired, it was renamed to honor him.News4's Wendy Rieger reported on this story in 2012, contributing to this report.