DC plane crash likely deadliest on US soil since 2009 tragedy in Buffalo, NY
The American Airlines plane crash in Washington, DC, is shaping up to be the deadliest commercial crash in the US since the 2009 tragedy in Buffalo, NY.after authorities revealed early Thursday there were likely no survivors in the latest wreck.At least 28 bodies had already been pulled from the frigid Potomac River after the American Airlines jet carrying 64 people collided with the Army Black Hawk helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport late Wednesday.First responders were still searching for casualties, but officials said they feared everyone had been killed.
If all are confirmed dead, the latest tragedy would make it the deadliest crash involving a commercial aircraft on US soil in more than 15 years.The last major fatal crash unfolded in Buffalo, NY, when a Colgan Air plane plummeted into a house on Feb.
12, 2009 — killing all 45 passengers and four crew members on board.Another person on the ground also died when the Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane went down near Buffalo Niagara International Airport, bringing the total death toll to 50.An investigation later determined that the captain had accidentally caused the plane to stall as it approached the airport.Prior to that, a Comair aircraft crashed when taking off in Lexington, Kentucky, after it left from the wrong runway on Aug.
27, 2006, killing two crew members and 47 passengers.On Nov.12, 2001, all 260 people onboard an American Airlines flight were killed when the plane crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, NY jut after takeoff.
It comes after authorities said Thursday that DC tragedy had switched to a recovery operation.“We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” John Donnelly, the fire chief in the nation’s capital, told a news conference“We don’t believe there are any survivors.”The body of the plane, which was carrying 60 passengers and four crew, was found upside down in three sections in waist-de...