Plane crash at Reagan Washington National Airport prompts massive response, ground stop - Mid air collision between American Eagle 5342 (N709PS) and helo Army PAT-25 (VH-60)

[AN/ALR56]

A swath of flights at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, were halted on Wednesday night after a small aircraft went down.

The DC Fire and EMS Department confirmed in a post on X that a small aircraft went down in the Potomac River vicinity near Reagan National Airport, adding that fireboats were on the scene.

Fox News Digital has reached out the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for more information.

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[AN/ALR56]

Live coverage from FOX 5 Washigton.

 

[Henry V]

I live in the area and saw it happen from several miles away. I thought it was a shooting star but I saw something be ejected after a bright flash of whiteish light. They are saying it's a military helicopter vs a commercial airline.

 

[Mikoyan]

Whoofh, that went down quick. Big hit.

(A fair number of mid-airs stay up for a little bit.)

 

[Desu Mountain]

Apparently it collided with a military transport helicopter. Originally reported as a police helicopter, but the local police clarified that the helicopter they had on location was not involved in the collision.

 

[Lonjil]

Apparently it collided with a military transport helicopter. Originally reported as a police helicopter, but the local police clarified that the helicopter they had on location was not involved in the collision.

So many people are throwing around theories on who was on board, I saw someone on twitter say they hope it was trump lol wtf

 

[AN/ALR56]

On site coverage.

 

[ImagineTheSmell]

IT'S THE JEWS

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Senator Ted Cruz says there's fatalities (duh).

https://x.com/SenTedCruz/status/1884799121099251990

 

[Mikoyan]

Oof it was from the (resurrected) PSA Airlines operating for AA. PSA 182 was a really bad midair way back when. Just coincidence, but an ironic one.

 

[AN/ALR56]

https://helicoptersofdc.com/helicopters/5-us-army-12th-aviation-battalion/

Helicopter has the callsing of this unit:

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Based out of Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir, this unit play a number of other roles, but one of them is also VIP evacuation in the case of emergency. While the HMX-1 squadron would ensure the evacuation of the President and his immediate advisors, it is this squadron that would spirit away other high ranking lawmakers and government leadership.

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These helicopters are not as common in the skies over DC, but are still a somewhat regular sight flying over the rivers and to and from the Pentagon.

Notable Incidents​

In 2014, the unit held an unusual exercise where 24 helicopters flew over DC. I didn’t see it at the time, which was for the best best, because I for one would have 100% read that as ‘Ummm… something’s going on and we’ve got 25 minutes’. The video (linked below) is well worth a watch.

Radio Callsign​

PAT: Priority Air Transport

 

[ForgedBlades]

This is fishy as hell.

 

[Jump]

BLACKHAWK DOWN

 

[Um...]

Looked like that Blackhawk flew right into that plane. And they’re talking about survivors? That thing blew up in a fireball, there are no survivors.

 

[xXWild_DripXx]

I suspect that the commercial airline was a delta plane

 

[Lonjil]

Looked like that Blackhawk flew right into that plane. And they’re talking about survivors? That thing blew up in a fireball, there are no survivors.

Curious yeah, almost looks intentional?

 

[No Batty Boys in Jamaica]

This sucks, a commercial passenger plane hasn’t crashed in the US since 2009.

I hope there weren’t many people onboard the American plane and the Blackhawk was carrying a high ranking glowie.

 

[hotcheetospuffs]

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Looked like that Blackhawk flew right into that plane. And they’re talking about survivors? That thing blew up in a fireball, there are no survivors.

unconfirmed report of 4 survivors

 

[Lonjil]

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unconfirmed report of 4 survivors

If someone survived this they are the main character, this shit looked brutal

 

[Jump]

Curious yeah, almost looks intentional?

Well I wonder if some DEI ATC dispatcher told them it was clear. I hope the ATC radio traffic was captured by one of the online scanners.