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  • Two American Airlines jets clip wings on runway at Reagan airport

    04/10/2025 12:51:43 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 48 replies
    BBC ^ | 4/10/25 | Ana Faguy
    Two American Airlines jet have had a minor collision on the runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - just three months after a deadly crash near there. The Federal Aviation Administration said the wingtip of one aircraft struck another on Thursday afternoon. At least two members of Congress were aboard one of the jets. Nick LaLota, a New York Republican, said no-one was hurt when the wing of their stationary plane was "bumped" by another jet. Sixty-seven people died on 29 January when an Army helicopter collided in midair with a jetliner as it landed at the same airport.
  • JUST IN: American Airlines Plane Clips Plane Carrying Several Members of Congress at Reagan Airport

    04/10/2025 3:52:35 PM PDT · by george76 · 15 replies
    Gateway Pundit, ^ | Apr. 10, 2025 | Cristina Laila
    An American Airlines plane en route to Charleston, South Carolina clipped another plane en route to New York carrying several members of Congress parked on the tarmac waiting for takeoff at Reagan Washington International Airport at 12:45 pm on Thursday. No injuries were reported. The reason for the collision in unknown and under investigation. Members of Congress who were on the plane posted about the incident on social media. “Serving in Congress has come with some once in a lifetime experiences… like just now while stationary on the runway at DCA, another plane just bumped into our wing. Heading back...
  • Delta plane, Air Force jet nearly crash at DC airport— just 2 months after midair collision killed 67

    03/29/2025 10:32:41 AM PDT · by T.B. Yoits · 58 replies
    New York Post ^ | 3/29/2025 | Nicholas McEntyre
    A Delta Airlines plane carrying 136 people nearly collided with a military jet Friday afternoon in a loss-of-separation incident outside the same DC airport where a mid-air collision took the lives of 67 people in January. Delta Airlines Flight 2983 departed its gate from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport at 2:55 p.m. local time and was cleared for takeoff to Minneapolis-St. Paul around 3:15 p.m As the commercial plane headed south over the Potomac River, a group of four Northrop T38 Talon jets traveled west toward Arlington National Cemetery for a flyover. The Airbus A319 and the military jet crossed...
  • Desperate search for survivors after American Airlines jet is downed in collision with military chopper over DC

    01/29/2025 7:37:56 PM PST · by HalfIrish · 174 replies
    NY Post ^ | 1/29/2025 | Victor Nava, David Propper and Anna Young
    A desperate search for survivors is underway after a military helicopter collided mid-air with a commercial plane near Reagan National Airport in Virginia Wednesday night. Flight 5342, a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operating for American Airlines and traveling from Wichita, Kan., collided with the military chopper while approaching Runaway 33 at the Washington airport around 9 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. “I have called over to my counterparts at the White House, and I can confirm that President Trump has been made aware of this situation,” Press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News’ Sean Hannity.
  • Iraqi Airways to begin direct Baghdad-Washington flights next year

    11/20/2015 1:46:51 AM PST · by GonzoII · 16 replies
    Rudaw ^ | yesterday at 06:01
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's national flag carrier will begin its first direct flights from Baghdad to Washington next year, Iraqi Airways' Director General Osama Sadr told reporters on Wednesday. "The preparation has been done after several meetings were held with the administrative bodies of the airports that Iraq is planning to travel to," Sadr said, announcing that flights also would be starting to Belarus and Tunisia. Sadr said the airline is trying to connect Iraq to most countries around the world, and the airline is busy negotiating with airports where it wants to land. Baqr Jabr Zubaidi, from Iraq's Ministry...