US Army Identifies Female Black Hawk Pilot In DC Jet Crash Late Saturday, the US Army's Public Affairs office confirmed that 28-year-old Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach was the pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a regional American Airlines passenger jet near Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night. The crash claimed the lives of all 64 passengers and crew aboard the plane, as well as three individuals (including Lobach) in the helicopter. After Wednesday's mid-air crash - the deadliest in the US since Nov. 12, 2001 -...

Washington, D.C., officials released updates about the investigation of the Jan. 29 Potomac River midair collision on Saturday, detailing what bodies and debris have been removed from the water. In a statement released on Saturday, Unified Command said that rescuers have recovered "42 sets of remains" from the crash area so far, and the D.C. chief medical examiner has positively identified 38. Officials also said that they attempted to remove the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with a crane, which was "briefly stabilized," but that the removal has not been...

Members of a Fire and Rescue team search for debris on the Potomac River on Saturday, near where an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter collided. Preliminary data showed conflicting readings about the altitudes of an airliner and Army helicopter when they collided near Reagan National Airport in Washington, killing 67 people, investigators said Saturday. Data from the jet’s flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 feet, plus or minus 25 feet, when the crash happened Wednesday night, National Transportation Safety Board officials told reporters. Data in the...

A child was returning home after receiving care in a Philadelphia hospital. Medical transport jet was in the air for less than a minute before crash in Philadelphia: NTSB A small medical transport jet carrying a child and her mother along with four other people was in the air for less than a minute after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport before coming down in a fiery "high-impact" crash near a busy mall Friday evening. The Learjet 55, operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, took off at 6:06 p.m. Friday,...

A body was found in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.—the crash site of where an American Airlines flight and Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk military helicopter collided on Wednesday night—with local law enforcement saying there's no connection between the two. American Airlines Flight 5342 originating from Wichita, Kansas, collided with the Black Hawk helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. The plane and helicopter plummeted into the Potomac River, leading to an extensive search-and-rescue operation. D.C.

The remaining bodies of those who died in the recent Washington, D.C., plane crash will likely not be immediately recovered. Washington, D.C., Fire Chief John Donnelly said that the remaining bodies will not be recovered until officials can hoist the plane out of the bed of the Potomac River while speaking to reporters during a press conference on Saturday, Feb. 1, according to BBC News . PEOPLE reached out to the Washington, D.C., Fire and EMS Department for further information on Feb. 1, but did not receive an immediate response....

Federal and local authorities are investigating the crash of a small plane near a shopping center in northeast Philadelphia on Friday night which killed all six people aboard the aircraft and one person on the ground. A medical transport jet carrying a child patient, the child's mother, two medical personnel and two pilots — all Mexican nationals — crashed around 6:30 p.m. EST, shortly after taking off from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport. The plane was en route to Missouri, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday. At a press conference on...

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker announced on Saturday morning that both passengers and the four crew members aboard the jet plane that crashed in the city Friday night have died, along with one other person who was in a car nearby the crash site. Tensions remain high in the days following Wednesday night's crash involving American Airlines Flight 5342 and a Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk military helicopter near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The plane plummeted into the Potomac River, leading to an extensive search-and-rescue operation. D.C. Fire...