Mid-Air Collision: 67 Die in Potomac River Crash
A routine flight turned catastrophic over Washington D.C.'s most famous river. The Black Hawk and passenger jet sliced through each other's airspace in a horrific moment of miscalculation, plummeting into the Potomac's cold waters. Rescue teams would find no survivors among the 67 souls - military personnel and civilian travelers whose final moments were defined by an impossible, split-second collision. And in an instant, two aircraft became a single tragedy, shattering families and leaving only questions about how such a devastating error could happen over one of America's most controlled airspaces.
January 29, 2025
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