America: All 67 people died in plane & helicopter crash; plane broke into three pieces after collision
America: The fire chief of Washington DC says that no one survived the collision between the plane and the helicopter. Washington DC Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said that we are now turning the rescue operation into a recovery operation. Because they feel that someone survived the accident.
The Transportation Secretary said that after the accident, the American Airlines plane was found lying in three pieces in the Port Mac River.
No one survived the collision between the plane and the helicopter
An American Airlines plane and helicopter collided fiercely in the sky near Reagan National Airport in Washington DC, the capital of America. After the collision, the plane and the helicopter broke and fell into a river. Now giving information about this accident, the Fire Chief of Washington said that all 67 people have died in this accident.
The fire chief of Washington DC says that no one survived the collision between the plane and the helicopter. Washington DC Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said that we are now turning the rescue operation into a recovery operation. Because they think that someone survived the accident.
Plane broke into three pieces after the collision
According to the AP report, the Transportation Secretary said that after the accident, the American Airlines plane was found lying in three pieces in the Port Mac River.
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There were 64 passengers on the plane
Officials believe that American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport. All the passengers and crew members on the flight died and they are deploying search and rescue teams for the recovery operation. Earlier, the rescue team pulled out 19 bodies from the river.
Wounds of the 1982 accident are fresh
This incident reminds us of the crash of 'Air Florida' plane on January 13, 1982, which fell into the Potomac. 78 people were killed in that accident. The cause of that accident was said to be bad weather.
Summary
According to the report, it was a small passenger plane that was coming from Kansas to Washington. The plane had a seating capacity of 65 people. It is being said that at the time of the accident, there were 64 passengers in the plane. While there were three people in the army helicopter. This accident happened when the plane was about to land at the airport.
Then the US Army's Black Hawk helicopter coming from behind collided with it. The helicopter with which the plane collided was a Sirosky H-60 helicopter