An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet killing three soldiers, 60 passengers and four crew members. Here’s what we know about the aircraft involved.
Many of its pilots are former Air Force aerial refueling tanker pilots. Omega Air's ex-Japan Airlines KDC-10 tanker Omega obtained its first DC-10 aircraft in 2006 when it purchased the passenger jet ...
The aircraft that collided in the tragic incident were a Bombardier CRJ700 jet operated as American Eagle Flight 5342 by PSA Airlines and a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
An Army official said three soldiers were onboard the helicopter as the aircraft was flying a training mission. The Army described the helicopter as a UH-60 Blackhawk based at Fort Belvoir in ...
DC, on January 30, 2 According to the Bombardier CRJ700 brochure, the jet can seat up to 78 people. There are about 260 of the aircraft in service, according to Cirium data obtained by Reuters.