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News Articles: Plane Crash

This photo provided by the Alaska National Guard shows an airplane partially submerged into the ice of Tustumena Lake at the toe of a glacier on Monday, March 24, 2025, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Alaska National Guard via AP)

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  • National

Pilot and 2 children survive a night on airplane wing after crashing into Alaska lake

A pilot and two girls survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then were rescued after being spotted by a good Samaritan.

March 26, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Canadian investigators say a Delta Air Lines regional jet that crashed while attempting to land at the Toronto Pearson International Airport last month was descending too quickly. The plane flipped over after the hard landing. None of the 80 people on board died but two passengers were seriously injured.

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  • World

Investigators say a Delta jet descended too quickly before Toronto crash last month

Canadian investigators released a preliminary report into last month's Delta Air Lines regional jet rollover landing crash in Toronto. The plane was descending too quickly before it hit the runway.

March 20, 2025
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  • David Schaper
First responders work the scene after a plane crashed in the parking lot of a retirement community in Manheim Township, Pa. on Sunday.

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A single-engine plane crashes near a Pennsylvania airport, injuring 5 passengers

The crash happened around 3 p.m. Sunday just south of Lancaster Airport in Manheim Township. All five victims were taken to hospitals. Nobody on the ground was hurt.

March 10, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
NPR's Adrian Ma remembers his girlfriend, civil rights lawyer Kiah Duggins, who was a passenger on the American Airlines flight that collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River.

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  • Arts & Life

NPR host Adrian Ma remembers his girlfriend who died in D.C. plane crash

NPR host Adrian Ma's girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River. He spoke to NPR about that night and about his late girlfriend.

February 20, 2025
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  • Mallory Yu
A Delta Air Lines regional jet sits upside-down after crashing upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.

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  • World

What we know about the Toronto plane crash

Investigators have removed the flight data recorder from a Delta Air Lines regional jet that flipped upside down and burst into flames upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.

February 18, 2025
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  • James Doubek
American Eagle and American Airlines planes taxi at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, on February 6, 2025 in Arlington, Va. The Federal Aviation Administration has reopened two of the airport's runways following the January 29 mid-air collision between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet that was landing at DCA.

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  • National

FAA reopens two runways at DCA following helicopter and jet mid-air collision

The FAA had closed two of DCA's three runways so investigators could piece together how the January accident occurred when an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into an American Airlines regional jet.

February 11, 2025
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  • Russell Lewis
Capt. Rebecca Lobach smiles in the cockpit of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, Feb. 28, 2024. <br>

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  • National Security

Third Black Hawk crew member involved in deadly crash near DC airport identified

The Army released the identity of the third crew member aboard the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly airport crash near DCA as Capt. Rebecca Lobach, an aviation officer and past ROTC cadet.

February 01, 2025
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  • Tom Bowman

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  • National

Map: A look at helicopter traffic patterns over D.C.

The airspace above Reagan National Airport, where a commercial plane collided with an Army helicopter this week, has become increasingly congested with air traffic, including helicopters.

January 31, 2025
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  • Emma Bowman,
  • Daniel Wood,
  • and 1 more
Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, pictured at the 1995 World Figure Skating Championships in England. They had since worked as coaches at a training club in Boston. Russian authorities confirmed they were on board the American Eagle flight that crashed after a collision near Washington, D.C.

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  • World

U.S. and Russian figure skaters are among the victims of the D.C.-area plane crash

At least a dozen figure skaters, coaches and their family members were on the plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., including two teenage competitors and a Russian husband-and-wife coaching duo.

January 31, 2025
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  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Rachel Treisman
First responders search the crash site of American Airlines Flight 5342 along the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Thursday.

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  • National

The latest on the fatal midair plane and helicopter crash

Video footage of the incident shows the aircraft flying at a low altitude, before an explosion happened at the moment of impact. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.

January 31, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie
Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport.

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  • National

American Airlines plane, Black Hawk helicopter collide midair near D.C.-area airport

American Airlines said the jet had 60 passengers and four crew members, while the Pentagon confirmed that three soldiers were aboard the helicopter. There was no immediate word on fatalities.

January 30, 2025
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  • Joel Rose,
  • Russell Lewis,
  • and 1 more
Firefighters tend to people after a plane crashed through the roof of a building near Fullerton airport on Jan. 2, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif.

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  • National

2 dead and several injured in Southern California plane crash

Two people died and 18 were injured Thursday when a small plane crashed through the roof of a furniture manufacturing building in Southern California, police said.

January 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Firefighters and rescue team members work at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday.

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  • World

Plane crashes and bursts into flames at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 179

Footage of the crash aired by YTN television showed the Jeju Air plane skidding across the airstrip, apparently with its landing gear still closed, and colliding head-on with a concrete wall.

December 29, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lays on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday.

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  • World

Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashes in Kazakhstan leaving 32 survivors

An Azerbaijani airliner crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau with 30 people likely dead and at least 32 survivors, according to officials.

December 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
This combination of undated photos released by the U.S. Navy shows left to right; Lt. Serena Wileman, a Naval Aviator, and Lt. Commander Lyndsay Evans, a Naval Flight Officer.

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  • National

2 naval aviators died in a plane crash after returning from a tour in Yemen

Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay “Miley” Evans and Lt. Serena “Dug” Wileman were both 31 and from California, and recently served nine months on a tour in Yemen.

October 22, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
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