Boyd Group Worldwide President and aviation professional Mike Boyd discusses the FAA’s function within the aircraft crash close to Reagan Nationwide Airport because the investigation transitions right into a restoration mission.
An American Airways flight operated by PSA Airways was concerned in a midair collision with an Military helicopter Wednesday evening close to the nation’s capital.
American Eagle Flight 5342 was on method to runway 33 on the Washington, D.C.-area’s Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport on the time of the collision, the Federal Aviation Administration stated. The Bombardier CRJ700 was carrying 64 individuals, together with passengers and crew.
Emergency response models search the crash website of the American Airways aircraft on the Potomac River after the aircraft crashed final evening on method to Reagan Nationwide Airport on Jan. 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Officers stated these on Flight 5342 and the helicopter are presumed lifeless.
PSA Airways is a completely owned subsidiary of American Airways, based on the airline’s verified LinkedIn web page.
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A helicopter flies close to the crash website of the American Airways aircraft on the Potomac River after the aircraft crashed on method to Reagan Nationwide Airport on Jan. 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Picture by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
The airline stated it has a “team of more than 5,000 employees who do a tremendous job of operating more than 800 daily flights to nearly 100 destinations on behalf of American Airlines.”
Its fleet consists of Bombardier CRJ700 and CRJ900 jets.
As of August 2024, PSA Airways had 61 CRJ700 and 80 CRJ900 jets, based on a display screen seize from the airline’s web site.
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The airline’s flight crews are based mostly in 5 cities: Dayton, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; Charlotte, North Carolina; Philadelphia and Dallas, based on its LinkedIn.
The management tower on the Reagan Nationwide Airport after the crash of an American Airways aircraft on the Potomac River because it approached the airport on Jan. 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Its president and CEO is Dion Flannery.
PSA Airways stated on Wednesday that its headquarters, which is at present positioned in Dayton, Ohio, could be relocated to Charlotte subsequent yr, based on The Charlotte Observer.
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The regional airline has been a subsidiary of American Airways for the reason that mid 2010s.
“This is a difficult day for all of us at American Airlines,” American Airways CEO Robert Isom stated of Wednesday’s midair collision. “Our efforts now are focused entirely on the needs of our passengers, crew members, partners, first responders, along with their families and loved ones.”
