Deadliest Air Crash in 2 Decades Kills 67
A passenger plane crashed headlong into a military helicopter in Washington on Jan. 29, killing 67 people, in what is considered the United States’ deadliest air disaster in two decades.
The American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members was travelling from Wichita, Kansas, when it collided with a Black Hawk helicopter carrying three crew members, causing both to come crashing into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport.
Being close to the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon, questions are being raised about how this could have happened in one of the world’s most controlled and heavily regulated airspaces….