February 6, 2025

Reports of a Serious Aviation Accident at Reagan National Airport Tonight

David Bale015 mins
Reports of a Serious Aviation Accident at Reagan National Airport Tonight



Reports of a Serious Aviation Accident at Reagan National Airport Tonight

[UPDATES BELOW]

There appears to be a mass casualty event happening at Reagan Airport in Washington, DC. We don’t know much regarding details, but there seems to have been a serious aviation incident where an airplane appears to have crashed. 





All landings and takeoffs have been suspended. Search and rescue is on the scene. 

Initial reports claim that a helicopter collided with a commercial airliner over the Potomac. We have a clip of the crash below. 

Here’s footage of the mid-air collision:

UPDATE: Initial reports said a police helicopter was involved in the crash. That has been corrected, as it looks like it was a military helicopter. Scanners say that bodies are being recovered. We have no reports on the number of survivors. 





UPDATE II: The flight was reportedly coming into DC from Kansas.

UPDATE III: This is a major aviation accident. Pictures of the fuselage are pouring in.

UPDATE IV: It was a Blackhawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines flight. President Trump is aware of the situation.





UPDATE V: FAA released a statement on the crash.

UPDATE VI: Vice President JD Vance and American Airlines have reacted to the crash. So far, no reports of any survivors.





UPDATE VII: CNN’s Pete Muntean notes how this accident will change American aviation. DCA has had many close calls in the past.

This clearly, Abby, will be a tragedy that will change aviation. Mark my words now. You are looking now at the incredible response there on the shores of the Potomac River…This is really staggering that this has happened and there have been close call after close call involving commercial flights on the runways of commercial airports, major airports in the U.S., an incident, a spate of incidents that really took off in 2023. None of them ended up ending up occurring with a mid-air collision like we have seen here. The fact that this involved not only a commercial flight, which is equipped from top to bottom with anti-collision technology, something called TCAS — Traffic Collision Avoidance System, mandated by the FAA in most commercial airliners since the early 90s, but also the pilots are well trained. The aviation system — commercial aviation in the U.S. is the gold standard for safety. We are the example for every other country. There is not been a significant crash with fatalities, and we do not know if there are fatalities here in the U.S. involving a commercial flight since the Colgan air crash of 2009 led to sweeping changes in regulation and pilot experience requirements. The fact that this happened in D.C. over near Reagan National Airport, some of the busiest airspace in the country and one of the single busiest runways in the national airspace system, is really pretty incredible.”





UPDATE VIII: NBC4 reports there were at least four survivors, though their condition is unknown.

UPDATE IX: The military helicopter had no senior military personnel onboard. Three soldiers were, however. 





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