Date | Wednesday 29 January 2025 |
Time: | 20:48 LT |
Type: | Bombardier CRJ-701ER (CL-600-2C10) |
Owner/operator: | American Eagle, opb PSA Airlines |
Registration: | N709PS |
MSN: | 10165 |
Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
Engine model: | GE CF34-8C5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 64 / Occupants: 64 |
Other fatalities: | 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Washington-Ronald Reagan National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA) - United States of America |
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, KS (ICT/KICT) |
Washington-Ronald Reagan National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA) | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
PSA Airlines flight JIA5342, a Bombardier CRJ-701ER (N709PS), and a US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, callsign PAT25, collided in midair and crashed into the Potomac River near Washington-Ronald Reagan National Airport, DC (DCA).
All 64 occupants of the CRJ-701 and the three soldiers in the Army helicopter are feared dead according to officials.
The CRJ-701ER was on a night time final approach to runway 33 at DCA at the time.
The Black Hawk helicopter was flying at low altitude over the Potomac River from north to south.
Tags: Aviation Safety Network