The Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 700 ( CRJ700) series, introduced over 25 years ago, has established a reliable ...

An American Eagle airlines Bombardier CRJ700 takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in 2020. ... the CRJ700 series has been one of safest aircraft in operation anywhere in the world.

The aircraft that collided in Washington, D.C., were a Bombardier CRJ700 jet operated as American Eagle Flight 5342 by PSA Airlines and a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.

The Bombardier CRJ700, which can seat about 70 people, is a workhorse of regional commercial aviation. There are about 260 of the aircraft in service, according to Cirium, an aviation data company.

There were 60 passengers and four crew members on the jet, a Bombardier CRJ700, officials said. Three service members were on a training flight on the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.

The Bombardier CRJ700, the aircraft that crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night after a reported midair collision with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, is one of the most common jets ...

The Bombardier CRJ-700 series is also regarded as safer than common commercial aircraft modes such as the Airbus A310 and most common aircraft such as the Boeing 737, 747, and 757.

Under the deal, Bombardier was only obligated to finish construction of the remaining aircraft on backlog, with the final CRJ-700 plane delivered to customers four years ago.

Here are images of the two aircraft involved in the crash, taken from airline websites and directly from manufacturers. Here is a photo of a standard PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 series regional ...

The NTSB has recovered the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the Bombardier CRJ700 involved in the deadly midair collision near D.C., with analysis underway to determine the cause.

The aircraft involved in the Jan. 29 crash was flying with the call sign PAT25 and had three occupants, ... Bombardier sold the CRJ700 program to a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries subsidiary in 2019.