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: 29 January 2025 - American Eagle, opb PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ-701ER (CL-600-2C10) accident 67 dead





29 January 2025 - American Eagle, opb PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ-701ER (CL-600-2C10) accident 67 dead

Date:	Wednesday 29 January 2025
Time:	20:48 LT
Type:	Bombardier CRJ-701ER (CL-600-2C10)
Owner/operator:	American Eagle, opb PSA Airlines
Registration:	N709PS
MSN:	10165
Year of manufacture:	2004
Engine model:	GE CF34-8C5
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 64 / Occupants: 64
Other fatalities:	3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Washington-Ronald Reagan National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA) -  United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, KS (ICT/KICT)
Destination airport:	Washington-Ronald Reagan National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
PSA Airlines flight JIA5342, a Bombardier CRJ-701ER (N709PS), and a US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, callsign PAT25, collided in midair and crashed into the Potomac River near Washington-Ronald Reagan National Airport, DC (DCA).
All 64 occupants of the CRJ-701 and the three soldiers in the Army helicopter are feared dead according to officials.

The CRJ-701ER was on a night time final approach to runway 33 at DCA at the time.
The Black Hawk helicopter was flying at low altitude over the Potomac River from north to south.
METAR:

KDCA 300152Z 30014G23KT 270V330 10SM CLR 10/M07 A2990 RMK AO2 PK WND 30033/0108 SLP126 T01001072
KDCA 300052Z 29015G25KT 10SM CLR 11/M07 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP114 T01061072

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/474365