2025 Potomac River mid-air collision
2025 mid-air collision over Washington, D.C.
Summary
On January 29, 2025, a Bombardier CRJ700 airliner operating as American Airlines Flight 5342 and a United States Army Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter operating as Priority Air Transport 25 collided in mid-air over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The collision occurred at 8:47 p.m. at an altitude of about 300 feet (100 m) and about one-half mile short of the threshold of runway 33 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. All 67 people aboard both aircraft were killed in the crash, 64 passengers and crew on the airliner and the three crew of the helicopter. It was the first major US commercial passenger flight crash since Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009, and the deadliest US air disaster since the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in 2001. This was also the third hull loss and first fatal accident involving the CRJ700 series.
Originally created by Electricmemory
1/30/2025, 2:19:14 AM
Modified
5/19/2026, 10:13:34 PM
Recent revisions
onboard -> on board, [[WP:AWB/T|typo(s) fixed]]: 3 day → 3-day
why?
/* Accident */ made clear that the UTC date is different, too... not just the time...
Corrected caption.
Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-27510-39|~2026-27510-39]] ([[User talk:~2026-27510-39|talk]]): Unsourced.
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correct helicopter type in summary at the start of article
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1346422782|1346422782]] by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-19767-69|~2026-19767-69]] ([[User talk:~2026-19767-69|talk]]), discuss this on the talkpage if you think it's undue emphasis
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1346271608|1346271608]] by [[Special:Contributions/Acroterion|Acroterion]] ([[User talk:Acroterion|talk]])
([[c:GR|GR]]) [[c:COM:FR|File renamed]]: [[File:Footage of the collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army UH-60.webm]] → [[File:Footage of the crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army UH-60.webm]] uploader requested.
/* top */ consistency.
Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-19767-69|~2026-19767-69]] ([[User talk:~2026-19767-69|talk]]): Rv undiscussed major removal - find consensus
Removed irrelevant political nonsense that added nothing at all to this article. Stick to the facts, those were not fact whatsoever. Infuriating to read as a pilot curious about the accident. Completely unnecessary and only creates division.
([[c:GR|GR]]) [[c:COM:FR|File renamed]]: [[File:New footage of the collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and an US Army UH60.webm]] → [[File:Footage of the collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army UH-60.webm]] uploader requested
better video
Not "incluing": it
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