DC Plane Crash: A fatal plane crash has occurred in the United States. On Wednesday, American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter while landing near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., news agency Reuters reported. All flights from the airport were canceled after the incident.
Ronald Reagan National Airport confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday night. Emergency crews arrived at the scene as soon as they were informed of the plane crash and controlled the situation. The Washington, D.C. Fire Department confirmed separately. Meanwhile, a White House spokesman said Trump had been briefed on the situation.
According to media reports, the collision occurred around 9 p.m. This time the jet was from Wichita, Kansas. It hit the Army Black Hawk helicopter as it approached the airport runway. According to the American Airlines website, the crashed jet has a seating capacity of 65 passengers. At the same time, US Senator Ted Cruz said that many people died in the incident. “While we still don’t know for sure how many people were on the plane, we do know that some people died,” he tweeted.