Lily Wu, the mayor of Wichita, Kan., said the airline hasn’t yet released the list of passengers on the flight, known as the manifest. As a result, Wu said she didn’t know how many people from Wichita were on the flight.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said Thursday afternoon that the flight manifest for American Airlines Flight 5342 could be available by Friday afternoon.
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.
A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.
Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.
The search and rescue mission was transitioning to a recovery mission, and no survivors were expected, DC Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said.
The married couple, won the world championships in pairs figure skating in 1994, had reportedly lived in the US since at least 1998.
The first officer on the American Airlines plane that crashed into a military helicopter Wednesday night—killing all 64 people on board—has been identified by his father as one of the victims alongside American and Russian figure skaters,
Investigators analyze flight data to understand the crash between an American Airlines jet and a military helicopter and exactly what was going on before disaster struck.
A 53-year-old flight attendant who died on an American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter was identified by his loved ones Thursday. Ian Epstein was identified as a victim of the crash by his wife and sister.
There were 64 people on American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas to DCA — including 60 passengers and four crew members. The Blackhawk Army helicopter had three soldiers on board. None of the 67 people on either aircraft are believed to have survived, officials say.