Flights between Logan Worldwide Airport, Reagan Nationwide Airport canceled after midair collision close to DC
Flights between Logan Worldwide Airport, Reagan Nationwide Airport canceled after midair collision close to DC
Up to date: 7:56 AM EST Jan 30, 2025
RIPPLE EFFECT. ANTOINETTE. IT ALREADY IS. JOHN ATWATER. OUR COLLEAGUE WAS HERE LAST NIGHT. WAS TALKING ABOUT CANCELLATIONS. I JUST CHECKED THE BIG BOARD. THOSE CANCELLATIONS, AS AMY SAID, CONTINUING TILL 11 A.M., BUT THE FAA WAS SAYING THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE EXTENDED GIVEN THE SEARCH EFFORTS IN D.C. THAT’S OBVIOUSLY TAKING THE PRIORITY NOW OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THAT CERTAINLY SOMETHING EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE WATCHING, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE A FLIGHT IN AND OUT OF D.C. WE ALSO SPOKE LAST NIGHT WITH SECURITY ANALYST ED CASH, WHO KNOWS THE D.C. AIRSPACE EXTREMELY WELL. HE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT IS A VERY CHALLENGING AIRPORT, BOTH FOR LANDINGS AND FOR TAKEOFFS. THIS IS AN AIRPORT THAT I HAVE FLOWN IN AND OUT OF, PROBABLY ABOUT 200 PLUS TIMES OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS. IT’S A VERY SMALL AIRPORT. IT’S A VERY BUSY AIRPORT. AFTER 911, FLIGHTS HAVE TO GO A DIRECT PATH BECAUSE OF THE WHITE HOUSE, AND IT IS JUST A THERE’S TONS OF HELICOPTERS AS MILITARIES, AS U.S. PARK POLICE, THERE’S D.C. POLICE, MARYLAND STATE POLICE. IT’S JUST A VERY CONGESTED, BUSY AREA. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT THE AREA AROUND REAGAN NATIONAL AND THE LAYOUT OF THE AIRPORT’S RUNWAYS. THE YELLOW IS THE FLIGHT PATH FOR THAT. AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT OFFICIALS SAY THE JET WAS COMING FROM THE SOUTH, GETTING READY TO LAND WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THAT HELICOPTER. AUTHORITIES SAY BOTH AIRCRAFTS LANDED IN THE WATER. THIS IS THE FIRST COMMERCIAL AIRLINES CRASH SINCE COLGAN AIR CRASHED BACK IN 2009 NEAR BUFFALO, NEW YORK. REPORTING LIVE
A number of flights out and in of Boston’s Logan Worldwide Airport had been canceled Thursday after a jet with 60 passengers and 4 crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Military helicopter whereas touchdown at Ronald Reagan Nationwide Airport (DCA) close to Washington.The Federal Aviation Administration stated the midair crash occurred at 8:48 p.m. when a regional jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, collided with the navy helicopter on a coaching flight whereas on strategy to an airport runway.Three individuals had been on the Military Black Hawk, which was on a coaching mission.No less than 12 flights arriving or departing Logan for Reagan had been canceled, in keeping with flight monitoring information. First responders have recovered the our bodies of 27 passengers from the American Airways jet . Officers stated they had been nonetheless looking for different casualties however didn’t consider there have been some other survivors, which might make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in practically 24 years.
A number of flights out and in of Boston’s Logan Worldwide Airport had been canceled Thursday after a jet with 60 passengers and 4 crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Military helicopter whereas touchdown at Ronald Reagan Nationwide Airport (DCA) close to Washington.
The Federal Aviation Administration stated the midair crash occurred at 8:48 p.m. when a regional jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, collided with the navy helicopter on a coaching flight whereas on strategy to an airport runway.
Three individuals had been on the Military Black Hawk, which was on a coaching mission.
No less than 12 flights arriving or departing Logan for Reagan had been canceled, in keeping with flight monitoring information.
First responders have recovered the our bodies of 27 passengers from the American Airways jet . Officers stated they had been nonetheless looking for different casualties however didn’t consider there have been some other survivors, which might make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in practically 24 years.
