DC plane crash updates: 55 victims recovered and positively identified

All 67 people on board the plane and the helicopter were killed.

Last Updated: February 2, 2025, 4:59 PM EST

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, with no survivors.

Sixty-four people were on board the plane, which departed from Wichita, Kansas. Three soldiers were on the helicopter.

The collision happened around 9 p.m. when the PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet was on approach to the airport.

Map of the area around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and the layout of Runway 33, which the regional American Airlines jet was approaching at the time of the collision with the Army Black Hawk helicopter, according to officials.
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Jan 30, 2025, 8:42 PM EST

American Airlines black boxes now at NTSB labs

The National Transportation Safety Board said the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the American Airlines jet that collided with the Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday have been recovered from the wreckage in the Potomac River and are now at the NTSB labs for evaluation.

NTSB investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Bombardier CRJ700 airplane involved in Wednesday's mid-air collision. The recorders are at the NTSB labs for evaluation
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NTSB investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Bombardier CRJ700 airplane involved in Wednesday's mid-air collision. The recorders are at the NTSB labs for evaluation
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NTSB investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Bombardier CRJ700 airplane involved in Wednesday's mid-air collision. The recorders are at the NTSB labs for evaluation
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Jan 30, 2025, 8:12 PM EST

Runway 33 at DCA closed until Feb. 7

The runway American Airlines flight 5342 was headed towards before the deadly midair collision on Wednesday will be closed for the next week, according to a notice sent to pilots obtained by ABC News.

Runway 33 at DCA will be closed until Feb. 7, the notice said.

Jan 30, 2025, 6:52 PM EST

Black boxes from American Airlines plane recovered: Source

The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder -- known as black boxes -- from the American Airlines plane have been recovered and are en route to the National Transportation Safety Board lab, per a source with direct knowledge.

-ABC News' Sam Sweeney

Jan 30, 2025, 6:09 PM EST

Wichita to DC service set to resume Friday evening

American Airlines' Wichita to DCA direct flight service, which operates once a day, marked its one-year anniversary earlier this month before Wednesday's deadly midair collision.

Wichita airport officials say the service, which was canceled this evening in the wake of the crash, is scheduled to resume Friday evening.

-ABC News' Mola Lenghi

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