30-01-2025
Flight from PBIA to DC delayed after deadly crash between jet and Army aircraft
An American Airlines flight Wednesday night from Palm Beach International Airport to the Washington, D.C., area landed safely about 30 minutes away at a different airport after an Army helicopter and another American Airlines flight collided.
No fatalities or injuries were reported on American Airlines Flight 2297 from PBIA. That flight left Palm Beach County at 6:37 p.m. on Wednesday, scheduled to land at 8:59 p.m. at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C.
American Airlines Flight 5342 left Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Kansas at 5:22 p.m. local time on Wednesday, headed to Reagan National. As the jet flew over the Potomac River separating Virginia and Washington D.C. before 9 p.m., it crashed into an Army helicopter and plummeted into the water. Officials believe everyone on board was killed.
Flight 2297 from PBIA was headed north about 9:07 p.m. up the Potomac to Reagan National when air traffic control had it diverted away from the airport. The flight circled the area for about 20 minutes before flying northwest to Dulles International Airport, landing at 9:29 p.m., flight path data from airplane tracking website FlightAware shows.
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