ATLANTA — After an American Airlines passenger jet and Army helicopter collided over the Potomac River in Washington D.C. on Wednesday night, several flights between Atlanta and Washington, D.C. have been impacted on Thursday.
Skater Jon Maravilla told The Daily Beast on Thursday that he was going to Atlanta, not D.C., but couldn't board because of his dog.
Flights in and out of the Virginia airport originally halted as dive teams scoured the crash site throughout the night.
Rescue efforts have been ongoing throughout the night after a passenger jet crashed mid-air with an Army helicopter as it was landing at DCA.
After an airplane and helicopter collision in Washington D.C. Wednesday night, several flights to and from Georgia have been canceled. Here's more.
The airport called the accident an “unimaginable loss” and expressed solidarity with the aviation and military communities as they grieve.
A family with Georgia ties is grieving after learning their loved one was one of the pilots killed in the crash between a small American Airlines plane and a military helicopter crash near Reagan National Airport.
Jon Maravilla, the U.S. figure skater who was in Kansas with his teammates, said he was not allowed to board a plane because of his dog, but not the American Airlines flight that collided with a U.S.
A solider involved in the American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter has ties to Gwinnett County.
Questions continue to surround the American Airlines crash in Washington, D.C. Six-four people were on board the flights from Wichita, Kansas and three soldiers were on the Army helicopter that collided with the jet.
Last year, senators from Virginia and Maryland sounded the alarm over congestion in the skies above Washington.