September 30, 2026 03:22 pm (IST)

Make this your homepage

Canada / USA

Israel-bound flight lands in Saudi Arabia as pilots fight in cockpit, stabbing triggers hijack scare mid-air | Vimal ad row: SRK, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff respond to FDA notices, says Tukaram Mundhe | Vijay’s TVK expands to Bengal? Party breaks silence on Purba Bardhaman office | ‘This guy is a monster’: Trump’s hilarious praise for Sundar Pichai, Google CEO’s witty reply | Gyanesh Kumar row exposes INDIA bloc rift: DMK, AAP skip meet, Akhilesh sends representative | SIR row: Supreme Court to hear plea against CEC Gyanesh Kumar next week | Sambhal violence case: SC quashes key accused Mulla Afroz's NSA detention, slaps Rs 10 lakh cost on UP govt | Nandigram bypoll twist: Calcutta HC grants interim bail to Congress candidate Milan Pradhan till Oct 21 | Myanmar military airstrike horror: 49 killed, 58 injured as bombs hit crowded Rakhine market | Britain reopens refugee routes for Afghans, Palestinians as immigration and integration battle intensifies

Jet Collision

American jet collided with US Army chopper and crashed into the Washington D.C. river | Photo courtesy: Screen-grab from X video

American jet with 60 passengers collides with Army chopper midair, several deaths feared

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jan 30, 2025, at 10:55 am

Washington D.C./IBNS: An American Airlines Flight carrying 60 passengers collided with the Army chopper midair near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, media reports said.

Several are feared dead.

Eighteen bodies with no survivors have so far been recovered, BBC News reported.

🚨BREAKING: American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas has crashed into a helicopter while landing at Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC#potomac #PotomacRiver pic.twitter.com/Ddq1qwa25S
— AJ Huber (@Huberton) January 30, 2025

No official confirmation on the number of casualties has been given by the authorities yet.

The collision occurred at around 9 am.

The jet, which was carrying four crew members, crashed in the Potomac river.

Three Army soldiers were onboard in the chopper.

🚨BREAKING: American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas has crashed into a helicopter while landing at Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC#potomac #PotomacRiver pic.twitter.com/Ddq1qwa25S
— AJ Huber (@Huberton) January 30, 2025

US president Donald Trump said, "I have been fully briefed on the terrible accident which took place at Reagan National Airport. May God bless their souls.

"Thank you for the incredible work being done by our first responders. I am monitoring the situation and will provide more details as they arise."

pic.twitter.com/UOTJ6hYPev
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 30, 2025

#US #AmericanJet #USChopper #JetCollision

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.