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Coverage dated January 29, 2025

DC plane crash is the first major US air crash since 2009

Headline from FOX 5 New York

Before Wednesday's crash between a passenger jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, the last fatal crash involving a U.S. commercial airline occurred in 2009 in New York.

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  1. MyNorthwest

    Here are some of the deadliest plane crashes in US history (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while coming in for a landing at Ronald

  2. FOX 5 New York

    DC plane crash is the first major US air crash since 2009 (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    Before Wednesday's crash between a passenger jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, the last fatal crash involving a U.S. commercial airline occurred in 2009 in New York.

  3. Newsweek

    Deadliest plane crashes in US history, what to know (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Fatal crashes of commercial aircraft in the U.S. have become a rarity. The last was in 2009 near Buffalo, New York.

  4. ABC 13 Houston

    DC plane crash marks first major commercial crash in US in more than 15 years (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    Wednesday's crash involving an American Airlines flight and Black Hawk helicopter marked the first commercial crash on U.S. soil in more than 15 years

  5. Washington Examiner

    First US commercial plane crash fatalities in 16 years due to — military Black Hawk (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    A Washington DC plane crash marks the country's first commercial flight fatality in 16 years, and it happened over the most secure airspace in the country.

  6. Los Angeles Times

    Here are some of the deadliest plane crashes in U.S. history (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    A look at the deadliest commercial plane crashes in the U.S.

  7. New York Post

    DC plane crash likely deadliest on US soil in more than two decades — as officials say no survivors expected (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The American Airlines plane crash in Washington, DC, is shaping up to be the deadliest commercial crash in the US in more than two decades after authorities revealed there were likely no survivors.

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