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One Week Later: Reflecting on the Human Toll

Thanks to the nature of my day job, I’ve covered quite a few commercial aviation accidents during the past decade. It’s easy to get caught up in the fast-paced news cycle and in some ways unintentionally neglect the human element…

All 67 D.C. Crash Victims Recovered

All 67 victims have now been recovered after Wednesday’s midair aircraft collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and PSA Airlines CRJ-700 jet over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. According to a Tuesday afternoon post on social media by…

Airport Workers Arrested Over Crash Video Leak

A pair of employees from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority are facing potential felony charges for allegedly leaking video of Wednesday's midair collision. MWAA operates both Reagan National and Washington Dulles airports in D.C. According to Fox 5, Mohamed Lamine…

American Renumbers Wichita-D.C. Flight

Following Wednesday’s deadly collision between American flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C., the airline is removing the flight number from its schedule. Flight 5342 – operated by American’s wholly owned regional subsidiary PSA Airlines – was…

Flight Recorders Recovered From CRJ

The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday evening that it recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the site of Wednesday's crash. Both devices were recovered from the PSA Airlines CRJ-700, which collided with a Black Hawk…