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UPDATE: New Videos of Collision; Jet Flying from Wichita, Kansas Crashes Midair with Blackhawk Carrying 3 Soldiers; 64 People on Downed American Airlines Jet, First US Commercial Plane Crash Since 2009

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New Video Released of the Collision

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By Breitbart. An airplane has reportedly crashed at Ronald Reagan Airport in Washington, DC, grounding all takeoffs and landings.

Joint Task Force-National Capitol Region media chief Heather Chairez told CNN’s Natasha Bertrand, “We can confirm that the aircraft involved in tonight’s incident was an Army UH-60 helicopter from Bravo Company, 12th Aviation Battalion, out of Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir during a training flight. We are working with local officials and will provide additional information once it becomes available.”

A closeup video published on X shows what appears to be the Black Hawk approaching the CRJ jet from the left of the screen. The faint dot of the helicopter continues to approach and eventually collides with the CRJ. An explosion ensues and both aircraft fall from the sky.

Vice President JD Vance asked for prayers for everyone involved in the collision. “We’re monitoring the situation, but for now let’s hope for the best,” the vice president wrote.

An Air Traffic Control audio posted on X appears to indicate the controller asked the helicopter (PAT-25) if they had the airliner (CRJ) in sight. Moments later, the controller seems to instruct PAT-25 to pass behind the CRJ). The exchange occurs in the opening seconds of this audio. About 30 seconds later, an unknown pilot asks “Tower, did you see that?”

(Read more from “Jet Flying from Wichita, Kansas Crashes Midair with Blackhawk Carrying 3 Soldiers (VIDEO)” HERE)

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64 People on Downed American Airlines Jet, First US Commercial Plane Crash Since 2009

By Fox News. Rescue efforts underway concentrated near Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge for mid-air collision involving a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet and Army UH-60 helicopter Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m. local time.

Flight 5342 for American Airlines had 60 passengers and four crew on board the flight that collided.

The FAA and NTSB are investigating, according to a statement released by the FAA. (Read more from “64 People on Downed American Airlines Jet, First US Commercial Plane Crash Since 2009” HERE)

Husband Received Text Message From His Wife That She Was Landing Minutes Before Her Flight Crashed — As He Waited at DC Airport

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A husband revealed that he received a text from his wife minutes before her American Airlines flight collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, DC.

“I’m just praying that someone is pulling her out of the river right now. That’s all I can pray for,” Hamaad Raza told WUSA from near Reagan National Airport.

Raza was asked when he last spoke to his wife.

“She texted me that they were landing in 20 minutes,” he told the outlet, showing them the messages on his phone.

Raza said he realized something was wrong when his replying messages didn’t “get delivered.”

“That’s when I realized something was up,” he said, pointing down at the undelivered messages on his phone’s screen. (Read more from “Husband Received Text Message From His Wife That She Was Landing Minutes Before Her Flight Crashed — As He Waited at DC Airport” HERE)

Flight Crashes Killing 157, Including 8 Americans

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An Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after takeoff in Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board, including at least eight Americans, according to the Associated Press and other news agencies on the ground in Africa.

Reuters reports that all 149 passengers and eight crew members died aboard the flight, which crashed less than 50 miles (and less than ten minutes) into its planned journey. Eight Americans are among th dead, but Ethiopian state broadcasters listed “Kenyan, Ethiopian, American, Canadian, French, Chinese, Egyptian, Swedish, British, Dutch, Indian, Slovakian, Austrian, Swedish, Russian, Moroccan, Spanish, Polish, and Israeli citizens” among the victims.

Many of the passengers were part of a United Nations delegation, including four members of the U.N.’s World Food Program, headed to an environmental conference in Kenya, also according to Reuters.

The Ethiopian prime minister offered condolences to the friends and family of those who perished in the flight, the Associated Press reports; the airline — Africa’s largest — says that it is still engaged in a search and rescue operation, but that they have found no survivors.

“Tewolde Gebremariam, who is at the accident scene now, regrets to confirm that there are no survivors. He expresses his profound sympathy and condolences to the families and loved ones of passengers and crew who lost their lives in this tragic accident,” read a post on Ethiopian Airline’s social media accounts mid-day on Sunday. (Read more from “Flight Crashes Killing 157, Including 8 Americans” HERE)

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US Troops Killed in Plane Crashes Skyrockets in 2017

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Even before the Navy cargo plane crash Wednesday, the number of U.S. troops killed in plane crashes had skyrocketed this year along with the total number of crashes overall compared to this point a year ago, a Fox News investigation has uncovered.

So far this year, there have been 22 U.S. military noncombat plane crashes flying routine operations. That’s up 38 percent from this time last year.

The number of American troops killed in these plane crashes has more than doubled. Following the announcement by the 7th Fleet Thursday night that it has ended its search for three missing American sailors hundreds of miles off the coast of Japan, the number of U.S. service members lost to plane crashes in 2017 stands at 37. That is more than 130 percent higher than the number killed in non-combat plane crashes at this point in 2016 . . .

“Perhaps the greatest harm to our national security and our military is self-inflicted. I repeat self-inflicted,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and former naval aviator, said on the senate floor. “We are killing more of our own people in training than our enemies are in combat.”

The Navy cargo plane crash this week was the deadliest crash for the U.S. military since an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Hawaii killing five soldiers in August. (Read more from “US Troops Killed in Plane Crashes Skyrockets in 2017” HERE)

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