American Airlines CRJ-700 collides with helicopter near Reagan National (45 Viewers)

[superchuck500]

Looks bad. (Note this top report says 'police helicopter' that is not accurate).

BREAKING: Commercial Jet Collides With Police Chopper Near Reagan Airport

A passenger jet collided with a D.C. police helicopter near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night, multiple sources reported. A user posted what he said was webcam footage of the explosion shot from the Kennedy Center. https://twitter.com/aletweetsnews/status/1884789306645983319 The...

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AA flight midair collision with helicopter at DCA - Airliners.net

 

[superchuck500]

 

[superchuck500]

Radio reports indicate possible survivors in the river. Hopefully some made it - low speed, near the ground, it's possible.

Prayers.

 

[Madmarsha]

43 years and 16 days after the Air Florida crash. Cold water for sure but at least not the iced over conditions of that day.

 

[superchuck500]

 

[superchuck500]

I know that USCG flies Sikorskys out of DCA but those are HH60 Jayhawks, not Blackhawks.

EDIT - It's basically the same.

 

[Paul]

Man, that is awful.

 

[jayd265]

Wow

 

[superchuck500]

EDIT - this report appears to have been inaccurate

Survivors reported

 

[superchuck500]

I lived in a townhouse in Alexandria directly opposite a marina just south of the DCA airfield - I could see the river and the final DCA approach from my bedroom window. There's a unit of Coast Guard helicopters stationed there and they fly up and down the river. And they fly a version of the blackhawk there.

Sometimes you would see Army blackhawks but most commonly it was Coast Guard. My suspicion is that the helicopter, whichever agency it was, was not where it was supposed to be. The collision happened in the final approach to runway 33 - which is the slanted one that takes the smaller jets like the CRJ-700.

EDIT - Confirmed Army

 

[jayd265]

Flight radar shows 3 choppers circling the river currently

 

[DavidM]

CNN - 60 passengers and 4 crew aboard, via American Airlines

 

[superchuck500]

 

[Madmarsha]

I lived in a townhouse in Alexandria directly opposite a marina just south of the DCA airfield - I could see the river from my bedroom window. There's a unit of Coast Guard helicopters stationed there and they fly up and down the river.

Sometimes you would see Army blackhawks but most commonly it was Coast Guard - and they fly a version of the blackhawk there. My suspicion is that it was a Coast Guard helicopter not where it was supposed to be. The collision happened in the final approach to runway 33 - which is the slanted one that takes the smaller jets like the CRJ-700.

My niece lived in a condo on South Glebe Road in Arlington (it was a mixed use development so there was a Harris Teeter in the building) which basically overlooked the south area of the runway as it was (the condo building) right before crossing over the river into Alexandria. Having only been there once and it being nighttime, I can't get any bearings where this footage is coming from.

I can't believe, having seen the footage of the crash now, the helicopter didn't have a visual of the plane.

 

[superchuck500]

My niece lived in a condo on South Glebe Road in Arlington (it was a mixed use development so there was a Harris Teeter in the building) which basically overlooked the south area of the runway as it was right before crossing over the river into Alexandria. Having only been there once and it being nighttime, I can't get any bearings where this footage is coming from.

I can't believe, having seen the footage of the crash now, the helicopter didn't have a visual of the plane.

Yeah, I believe that's the Potomac Yard area you're describing.

The video I have seen is from different locations - and I'm sure there are many cameras in that general area. If you can see the river and the activity is behind it, that's going to be from the DC or Maryland side. If the river is on the other side of the activity, it's taken from VA.