What we know so far on the D.C. plane crash victims after helicopter collides with jet

Sixty passengers and four crew members were aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, and the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying three people when they collided over the Potomac River.

They were minutes away from landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., when their plane collided with an Army helicopter over the Potomac River.

In a horrible flash captured on video and seen around the world, the fates of all 60 passengers and four crew members aboard American Eagle Flight 5342 and the three soldiers on the Black Hawk helicopter were sealed.

“At this point, I don’t believe we are going to find any survivors,” Washington, D.C., Fire Chief John Donnelly said Thursday after a frantic but futile search for survivors of the Wednesday night collision.

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The plane's passengers included more than a dozen people returning from a training camp following the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas, where the flight originated.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/plane-crash-victims-dc-american-airlines-black-hawk-rcna189980

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