US Army UH-60 Blackhawk collides with PSA airliner in DC of the Potomac River.

[Talyn]

There was a mid-air collision between a commercial airliner and a Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over the Capital Region.

“A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m. local time, the FAA said in a statement. “PSA was operating as Flight 5342 for American Airlines. It departed from Wichita, Kansas.”

Note: The article indicates that apparently the UH-60 didn't have its ADSB transponder turned on.

Chilling Air Traffic Control Audio From H-60 Collision With CRJ700 Over Potomac River

The ATC audio is intense with aircrews reporting the explosion and controllers quickly rerouting traffic and begin to move assets in for search and rescue.

www.twz.com

 

[belladonna]

Woke up hearing about this. Many casualties.

 

[Cedric]

Holy crap!

 

[HayesGreener]

What a terrible tragedy. I read that members of the U.S. Figure Skating team were on board. I have not heard yet of any survivors being rescued.

 

[NMEDGE]

Should be no surprise. With all the recent accidents reported with aircraft and air traffic controllers it was bound to happen.

 

[HayesGreener]

I flew into DCA dozens of times. It is one of my favorite airports. It is a beautiful flight in and out but pretty intense with all the traffic and water. Every time I flew in there I thought of the Air Florida flight that hit the bridge on takeoff in 1982. Such an awful tragedy, this should never happen.

 

[Sld1959]

Such a tragedy, and avoidable.

No survivors recovered yet, which is not surprising.

Prayers for thier families.

 

[Keystone19250]

What a terrible tragedy. I read that members of the U.S. Figure Skating team were on board. I have not heard yet of any survivors being rescued.

I was watching the special reports on this last night and it was reported that 4 people had been pulled from the Potomac alive but with water temperatures in the low 30’s it’s not going to end well.
Sad situation.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-plane-crashes-potomac-river-collision-helicopter-reagan-n-rcna189942

Edit update..,,..
They are now saying no survivors.

 

[Onewolf426]

American figure skating members, Russian Olympians aboard plane in Reagan National Airport crash

U.S. Figure Skating said athletes, coaches and family members were among those involved in an airline disaster on Wednesday night. The Kremlin said Russian stars died as well.

www.foxnews.com

 

[HayesGreener]

My airline captain friend landed there often. He sums up with, "That's a busy piece of sky".

 

[SaltyMonkey]

Should be no surprise. With all the recent accidents reported with aircraft and air traffic controllers it was bound to happen.

I thought the same thing.

 

[Grayfox]

I'm wondering as to why an Army Blackhawk was in that area?

 

[Lo-Profile]

Sad this happened.
Coordinating airspace between commercial and military aircraft has always been a issue for traffic controllers.

Not sure why a Army Blackhawk was on a nighttime "training flight" well into the DC exclusion zone.

 

[Annihilator]

The president was on talking about this tragedy, I am glad he is more transparent then the previous administration, but his babbling about other stuff when he should just be focusing on this gets old, just me I guess.

 

[last2brake]

The president was on talking about this tragedy, I am glad he is more transparent then the previous administration, but his babbling about other stuff when he should just be focusing on this gets old, just me I guess.

No, not just you. I saw him drifting off script, but I'm sure glad he was there.

He can at least find the podium without having to be led to it.

 

[last2brake]

I'm wondering as to why an Army Blackhawk was in that area?

I remember seeing helicopters flying up and down the river alot when I was there, but not near the airport.

 

[Keystone19250]

The president was on talking about this tragedy, I am glad he is more transparent then the previous administration, but his babbling about other stuff when he should just be focusing on this gets old, just me I guess.

Exactly. His rambling gets old quickly.

 

[powerboatr]

Exactly. His rambling gets old quickly.

yep
we know you won
move on and fix the crap,,, ,fix the freaking tax system NOW
rant over....

 

[last2brake]

Exactly. His rambling gets old quickly.

Yeah. but it got old instantly when Brandon was mumbling.

 

[Talyn]

No survivors at all.