NEW YORK (PIX11) – A midair crash between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington D.C. is likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said on Thursday.
There are no expected survivors among the 60 passengers, four crew members, and three people in the military helicopter, according to Washington D.C. officials.
Before this, the last major commercial crash of similar scale occurred on Feb. 12, 2009, when a Colgan Air flight went down near Buffalo, New York.
As previously reported by PIX11, Continental Flight 3407 had taken off from Newark Liberty International Airport and was just five miles from the Buffalo airport when the plane experienced an aerodynamic stall.
The plane crashed into a home in the suburb of Clarence, killing 49 people on board and a man who was inside the house.
A memorial has since been established at the crash site.
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