A United Airlines flight bound for Puerto Rico made an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday morning, according to the FAA. The flight returned to Newark around 10 a.m.
Six people were taken to hospital with injuries but have been discharged, United Airlines said.
A United Airlines flight bound for Puerto Rico made an emergency stop at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. United Airlines Flight 2143 landed at Newark Airport at 11:40 a.
The search was ongoing for other casualties, but officials did not believe there were any other survivors, which would make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly 24 years.
All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday.
There wer no survivors after an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D
He indicated 27 bodies had been recovered from the airplane, and one from the helicopter.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Army’s 12th Aviation Battalion that includes the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport has been granted a 48-hour operational pause.
Steve Inskeep speaks with former Federal Aviation Administrator Randy Babbitt about the midair collision in Washington, D.C.
Authorities provide an update to the collision between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter, saying they expect there to be no survivors and the mission is transitioning from a rescue to a recovery operation.