Two new movies have been posted displaying the collision of an Military Black Hawk helicopter and a PSA/American Airways passenger aircraft on strategy to Reagan Nationwide Airport. The collision induced a fireball and introduced the 2 plane down within the Potomac River on the Maryland facet, simply south of Washington, D.C.
The flight put of Wichita, Kansas had sixty passengers and 4 crew members whereas the Military helicopter out of Fort Belvoir, Virginia (fifteen miles south of Reagan) had three troopers aboard. The Military says the crew was on a coaching mission when the collision occurred. There are not any stories of survivors. Whereas no official phrase has been given, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) at a press briefing indicated the lack of life was whole.
The primary video to floor is wanting south towards the airport from the Kennedy Heart in Northwest Washington. The video was posted by impartial journalist Alejandro Alvarez:
Webcam on the Kennedy Heart caught an explosion mid-air throughout the Potomac. https://t.co/v75sxitpH6 pic.twitter.com/HInYdhBYs5
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) January 30, 2025
An unsourced video taken from the terminal at Reagan reveals the collision:
HORRIFIC FOOTAGE – SEE THE BLACKHAWK COLLIDE WITH THE AMERICA AIRLINES IN D.C.pic.twitter.com/q932tLkZvM
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 30, 2025
A 3rd video, once more unsourced (and looped), of the collision:
A latest video footage depicts an American Airways flight colliding with a Black Hawk helicopter. pic.twitter.com/GWhYdxAJuS
— killmoenetwork (@killmoenetwork) January 30, 2025
An extended model of the Kennedy Heart video reveals the aircraft and helicopter on a collision course:
FULL aircraft/helicopter collide in Washington DC by way of the Kennedy Heart EarthCam. Very unusual incident. pic.twitter.com/CtM1JESEaO
— James Pettus (@PettusWX) January 30, 2025
An eyewitness account obtained by impartial reporter Dave Statter, “Principally I used to be west of the airport on my roof and had a transparent view of the regional jet circling onto the ultimate for runway 33. From my perspective it seemed just like the helicopter crossed straight in entrance of the jet and there was a really transient fireball and I might hear the plane hit the water.”
NEW: Inside 10-minutes of the crash STATter911 obtained a DM from a follower on X who witnessed the mid-air collision. This was earlier than the video got here out. It is from somebody I’ve corresponded with beforehand who requested to stay nameless. That is their description of the…
— Dave Statter (@STATter911) January 30, 2025
Early morning press briefing with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Kansas Senators Roger Marshall (R) and Jerry Moran (R):
Sen. Roger Marshall: “When many, many, many individuals die, it’s an insufferable sorrow. … It’s such a tragedy that we misplaced them.”
Search and rescue officers haven’t confirmed deaths at this information convention on the plane-helicopter crash, though there are reportedly fatalities. pic.twitter.com/3AU07kt96f
— The Recount (@therecount) January 30, 2025
US Senator from Kansas Jerry Moran gave an replace on the plane-helicopter crash in DC at Reagan Nationwide Airport pic.twitter.com/d5Nbx9M93K
— LiveNOW from FOX (@livenowfox) January 30, 2025
Full briefing:
