State Sen. Martha Marx said Casey Crafton, a husband and father of three sons from Salem, Conn., was one of the passengers on the American Airlines flight Wednesday.

All are feared dead in a crash involving a Black Hawk helicopter built by Connecticut's Sikorsky and an American Airlines plane in Washington, D.C.

The American Airlines jet was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members when it collided with Black Hawk Army helicopter built by Connecticut's Sikorsky.

"You have those feelings of dread when something like this happens," said Max Schmitter, who spent 32 years at the FAA as an aviation safety inspector.

Russian figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the plane that crashed into the Potomac River after a midair collision with a helicopter.

After a 60-passenger American Airlines flight and U.S. Army helicopter collided mid-air Jan. 29, a man shared the final text messages he received from his wife aboard the aircraft.

A small commercial airliner and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport Wednesday evening, D.C. Fire and EMS confirmed.

A pair of World Champion Russian figure skaters were aboard an American Airlines flight returning from a development camp that followed the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, according to published reports.

These are the top news stories in Connecticut for Jan. 30, 2025 at 10 p.m.

Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.

The tragic and “stunning” collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter — killing all 67 people aboard — should lead to changes near airports, according