#N709PS
This just makes me feel ill. There's no good way to say it.
January 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Crews are pulling wreckage of the CRJ700 (reg. N709PS) that operated #AA5342 from the Potomac River today.

📷 @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
February 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The flight involved is American Airlines AA5342. The aircraft is N709PS, a 20 year old CRJ-900.

@flightradar24.com data shows the aircraft on approach to DCA, stopping just before the runway over the Potomac River.
January 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Multiple (unconfirmed by me) reports now that AA5342 (N709PS CR7 op PSA Airlines) from ICT collided with a helicopter just before landing on 33 at DCA.

That aircraft track data stops just before getting to the ground/runway.

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January 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
[TR/Airplane Crash] Mid air collision between American Eagle 5342 (N709PS) and helo Army PAT-25 (VH-60), both aircraft in the Potomac off rwy 33, multiple DOA, SAR in progress.
January 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The airframes involved in the crash (and it does, based on my perception of video footage, appear both helo and aircraft are down) are:

American Eagle (PSA AIrlines) AA5342: Mitsubishi CRJ-701ER N709PS #A97753

PAT25: US Army UH-60L 00-26860 #AE313D (per www.live-military-mode-s.eu)
January 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Flight data of mid-air collision in DC, where a helicopter and regional jet collided.

Helicopter
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
Registration: 00-26860
Flight: PAT25

Regional Jet
PSA Airlines CRJ700
Registration: N709PS
Flight: JIA5342 / AA5342
January 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Down to one helicopter in the search and, still hopefully, recovery operation. Mostly at ~500 feet. Collision between H60 Black Hawk military helicopter and flight AA5342/JIA5342 CRJ-701ER, N709PS.
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January 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Crash: PSA CRJ7 at Washington on Jan 29th 2025, midair collision with helicopter on final #CRJ7 #N709PS #AA-5342
http://avherald.com/h?article=52374362
January 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Video from Earthcam's Kennedy Center camera is confirmed. There was a mid-air collision.

The aircraft on approach to DCA was AA5342, a CRJ-700 registered N709PS operating as American Eagle by PSA Airlines. It has a 56 seat configuration. No confirmed info on the other aircraft.
January 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
American Airlines flight AA5342 hit a helicopter in a mid-air explosion as the flight was on final approach to Reagan National - Washington DC airport. Mitsubishi CRJ-701ER N709PS - scheduled arrival time was 20:57 EST unknown how many people where on board. Aircraft seats 63-70 passengers
January 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Mid air collision between American Eagle 5342 (N709PS) and helo Army PAT-25 (VH-60), both aircraft in the Potomac off rwy 33, multiple DOA, SAR in progress.
Heavy emergency response along river
January 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
oh no
January 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🚁Rescue & search helicopters are flying over the Potomac River where PSA Airlines’ CRJ-700 (N709PS) collided with a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk (PAT-25) while on final approach to Runway 33 at DCA. ✈️

Live map:
www.airnavradar.com/multi/GARDN3...
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Seeing that an American Eagle CRJ700 collided with a helicopter. The plane, at least, is apparently in the Potomac. N709PS. Ugh.
January 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
CRJ700, TAIL N709PS

American Airlines flight 5342 collided with a Police Helicopter while on approach to DCA.

At 21:40, AA5342 is upside down in the river.

RESCUE LIVE: www.openmhz.com/system/dcfd
January 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
🔴 A crane has begun removing the wreckage of the PSA Airlines CRJ-700 (N709PS) from the Potomac River. Crews have lifted an engine and fuselage sections as recovery efforts continue. #Airways #News

📸: Eduardo Munoz (Reuters) / Jose Luis Magana (AP)
February 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Crash: PSA CRJ7 at Washington on Jan 29th 2025, midair collision with helicopter on final #CRJ7 #N709PS #AA-5342
http://avherald.com/h?article=52374362
January 28, 2026 at 6:36 PM
MWAA emergency reporting it was an Army helicopter.

Many DOA

[TR/Airplane Crash] Mid air collision between American Eagle 5342 (N709PS) and helo Army PAT-25 (VH-60), both aircraft in the Potomac off rwy 33, multiple DOA, SAR in progress.
January 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Crash: PSA CRJ7 at Washington on Jan 29th 2025, midair collision with helicopter on final #CRJ7 #N709PS #AA-5342
http://avherald.com/h?article=52374362
February 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
2025-01-29: PSA Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 (N709PS, *2004) collided with a US Army UH-60 Blackhawk (00-26860) helicopter on final approach to rwy 33 at Washington-DCA AP(KDCA), DC. Both aircraft lost control and crashed into the Potomac River. 64+3 persons involved. Rescue operations are underway...
January 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
[TR/Airplane Crash] Mid air collision between American Eagle 5342 (N709PS) and helo Army PAT-25 (VH-60), both aircraft in the Potomac off rwy 33, multiple DOA, SAR in progress.
January 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
AA regional jet down in the Potomac after collision with a helicopter on approach to Washington National.

Things aren't looking good, especially in that cold water.
January 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It appears as though N709PS #A97753 as #JIA5342 had a mid-air collision with what is being reported to be a helicopter, at 21:48:03 EST (01:48:03 UTC) at a Mode-S reported altitude of 400 feet, immediately before landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport #KDCA
www.kwch.com/2025/01/30/r...
Inbound plane from Wichita collides with Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C. airport
A plane inbound to Washington D.C.’s Reagan Airport is down following a reported collision with a police chopper.
www.kwch.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Crash: PSA CRJ7 at Washington on Jan 29th 2025, midair collision with helicopter on final #CRJ7 #N709PS #AA-5342
http://avherald.com/h?article=52374362
January 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM