(30 Jan 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arlington, Virginia, US – 30 January 2025
++MUTE++
1. Various STILLs of search and rescue efforts around wreckage in the Potomac River, seen from Ronald Reagan National Airport
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arlington, Virginia, US – 29 January 2025
++MUTE++
2. STILL of information board displaying a message at Ronald Reagan National Airport
3. STILL of information board displaying a message reading (English): "Emergency Alert. Due to an emergency situation, all flights are being held on the Airfield. Additional information will be available as it is received"
STORYLINE:
All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday.
At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after collision late Wednesday as the jet was landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, officials said.
The plane carried 60 passengers and four crew. Three soldiers were aboard the helicopter.
The plane was found upside-down in three sections in waist-deep water, and first responders were searching an area of the Potomac River as far south as the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, roughly 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) south of the airport, John Donnelly, the fire chief in the nation’s capital said.
The helicopter wreckage was also found.
If no one survived, the collision would be the deadliest U.S. air crash since 2001.
AP photos by Mark Schiefelbein, Carolyn Kaster and Julio Cortez
===========================================================
Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: info@aparchive.com.
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/3bd89214b279422d9ad4a848c4617d27
Author: AP Archive
Go to Source
News post in February 4, 2025, 6:05 pm.
Visit Our Sponsor’s:
News Post In – News
