Members of the National Transportation Safety Board examine the wreckage from the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter Feb. 8, 2025, in a hangar at an undisclosed location.
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A crane retrieves wreckage from the Potomac River on Feb. 4, 2025, in Arlington, Va., after American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair.
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National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy attends an investigative hearing on the mid-air collision of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines flight over the Potomac River, on July 30, 2025, at NTSB headquarters in Washington.
WASHINGTON — The collision of an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last year that killed 67 people was the result of several systemic failures, according to a U.S. Army investigative report seen by Reuters.
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Members of the National Transportation Safety Board examine the wreckage from the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter Feb. 8, 2025, in a hangar at an undisclosed location.
A crane retrieves wreckage from the Potomac River on Feb. 4, 2025, in Arlington, Va., after American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair.
National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy attends an investigative hearing on the mid-air collision of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines flight over the Potomac River, on July 30, 2025, at NTSB headquarters in Washington.
