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It is estimated that 67 people are dead after a black hawk helicopter hit a commercial American Airlines flight From Wichita, Kansas, on the Potomac River in Washington, DC, Wednesday night.
A total of 64 people, including four staff members, were aboard Flight 5342 by Passenger American Airlines, and three soldiers were in the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Army That came from Fort Belvoir in Virginia.
Here is a timeline of previous events and immediately after the accident on Wednesday night:
January 29
5:18 PM CST
AA Flight 5342 leaves Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ITC) for Ronald Reagan Washington (DCA) at 5:18 pm CST, or 6:18 pm est, according to air traffic control records of air traffic Flightradar24.
January 29 Helicopter Collision Map of DC Plane.
8:39 pm is
The Black Hawk helicopter of the UH-60 army leaves Fort Belvoir as part of a training exercise. An upper army official told Fox News that the soldiers were part of a “quite experienced” Black Hawk team, and had night vision glasses aboard the helicopter.
8:40 pm is
Flight 5342 began to descend to DCA from the south.
8:46 pm
Air traffic controllers ask for flight 5342 that lands on track 33, and the pilots recognize the order.
ATC Audio:
8:48 pm is
An air traffic control officer (ATC) asks the Black Hawk pilot (PAT-25) if you can see the commercial plane.
“Do you have the CRJ in view?” The question controller, and the helicopter pilot confirms that he sees the passenger plane and requests “visual separation”, which means that he is trying to leave the flight path, according to Flightradar24 Audio.
“PAT-25, do you have the CRJ in sight?” You can listen to the controller tell the helicopter pilot 30 seconds before the accident.
The controller makes another radio call to PAT-25 moments later: “PAT-25, pass behind the CRJ”.
ATC Audio reveals that the momentum controllers saw a disaster:
8:48 pm is
The UH-60 army and flight 5342 then collide on the Potomac River, causing an explosion in the air to an altitude of approximately 300 feet that was caught in the camera.
You can listen to air traffic drivers reacting and asking: “Did you see that?”
8:53 pm is
The DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) receives telephone calls that report a plane accident about Potomac.
MPD, DC Fire and EMS, and “multiple associated agencies” begin to coordinate a search and rescue operation.
Emergency vehicles at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, January 29, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. The United States Capitol is seen through the Potomac River in Washington. (Kevin Wolf/AP)
9:00 pm is
DCA closes due to an “emergency of airplanes.”
9:09 pm is
The department of Fire and EMS of DC publishes an update on X that indicates: “confirmed small aircraft at the Reagan Reagan National Airport of the Potomac River. Brot Boats on the scene.”
Rescue workers respond to the scene on the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, on Thursday, January 30, 2025, in Arlington, VA. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
10:51 pm is
The White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, publishes a president’s statement Donald Trump A X.
“They have completely informed me about the terrible accident that has just taken place in Reagan National Airport. May God bless his souls. Thanks for the incredible work done by our first to respond. I am monitoring the situation and I will provide more details as they arise, “says the statement.
(Editors note: The image contains graphic content) Emergency response equipment, including Washington, DC Fire and EMS, DC Police and others, evaluate the remains of the airplanes on the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington airport on January 30 of 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)
12:30 am is
The mayor of DC, Muriel Bowser, celebrates a press conference with other personnel application of the law and announces that a passenger plane crashed with a military plane.
DC Fire and EMS Chief John A. Donnelly He announces that the officials “have recovered 27 people from the plane and one of the helicopter.”
Police continue their investigation into the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River, as it tried to land at the Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, crashed in the air with a military helicopter while approaching the airport. According to the reports, there were no survivors among the 67 people aboard both planes. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty images)
“Despite all these efforts, we are now at a point where we are changing a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” says Donnelly.
January 30
8:30 am is
The officials celebrate a press conference in Washington, DC, saying that the 67 passengers, crew members and soldiers aboard both planes are presumed dead.
“Now we are at the point where we are changing a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” says Donnelly during the informative session. “We don’t believe there are survivors.”
11:00 am is
Flights resume landing in DCA; The first plane lands at the airport at 11:02 am
A source from the National Security Department told Fox News Digital on Thursday morning that “there are no terrorist concerns” after collision, and officials suspect that the accident was “only a tragedy.”
Before the deadly collision, on Tuesday there had been a military accident involved in Alaska. The authorities said that an F-35 combat aircraft of the US Air Force. UU. It crashed in Alaska after the pilot managed to safely expel the aircraft.
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According to FAA, there have been at least 238 deaths and 227 wounds derived from military accidents in the United States that are not fighting since 2012.
There have also been multiple incidents of “closed calls” in DCA since 2023.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
