Bombardier Inc CL-600-2C10 accident near Washington, DC

On January 30, 2025, a Bombardier Inc CL-600-2C10 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Washington, DC. 67 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

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Date
January 30, 2025
Place
Washington, DC
Aircraft
Bombardier Inc CL-600-2C10 · Airplane
Injuries
67 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
Damage
Destroyed
Position
38.843°N, 77.025°W
NTSB ID
20250130199620

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Sequence of events

  1. Midair collision (Approach, defining event)
  2. Midair collision (Enroute, defining event)

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Conditions

Local time
1:48 AM
Light
Night
Weather
Visual (VMC)
Wind
300° at 14 kt, gusts 23
Visibility
10 mi

From Wikipedia

On January 29, 2025, a Bombardier CRJ700 airliner operating as American Airlines Flight 5342 (operated by PSA Airlines as American Eagle) and a United States Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter operating as Priority Air Transport 25 collided in mid-air over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The collision occurred at 8:47 p.m. at an altitude of about 300 feet (100 m) and about one-half mile (800 m) short of the threshold of runway 33 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. All 67 people aboard both aircraft were killed in the crash, 64 passengers and crew on the airliner and the three crew of the helicopter. It was the first major US commercial passenger flight crash since Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009, and the deadliest US air disaster since the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in 2001. This was also the third hull loss and first fatal accident involving the CRJ700 series.

The jet was on final approach into Reagan National Airport after flying a scheduled route from Wichita Dwight D.

Text from Wikipedia, “2025 Potomac River mid-air collision”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.

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