Designed as an entry point for the Soviet fighter school, DOSAAF, the Yak-52 was built to closely resemble future jet aircraft such as the L-29 Delfin, L-39 Albatross, and MiG-15. Outside of military ...
29 midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington D.C., — which would ... crashes involving commercial aircraft are rare.
The collision occurred moments before the jet was set to land, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River. Rescue crews have recovered 27 bodies from the plane and one from the helicopter.
The plane was preparing to land at runway 33 at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after a two-hour, eight-minute flight from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C. There were 64 ...