Jan. 29: American Airlines Flight 5342 Collides With Army Black Hawk Helicopter

An American Airlines-owned American Eagle pitchy was approaching the runway astatine Reagan National Airport successful Washington, D.C., conscionable earlier 9 p.m. ET erstwhile it collided with an Army Black Hawk Helicopter, sidesplitting everyone aboard some aircraft.

The pitchy was carrying 4 unit members and 60 passengers, including a fig of athletes returning from a nationalist fig skating camp successful Wichita, Kan.

President Donald Trump called it a "dark and excruciating nighttime successful our nation's capital."

The chopper with 3 subject unit aboard was past tracked by aerial postulation power to beryllium traveling astatine 300 feet, though the customary ceiling nether FAA rules adjacent that airdrome is 200 feet, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The jet's past logged altitude, per the craft tracking tract FlightAware, was 375 feet.

The clang remains nether investigation.

"We look astatine the human, the instrumentality and the environment," NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters Jan. 30. "We volition look astatine each the humans that were progressive successful this accident. We volition look astatine the aircraft. We volition look astatine the helicopter. We volition look astatine the situation successful which they were operating in. That is standard."

It was the archetypal deadly commercialized hose clang connected U.S. ungraded since Colgan Flight 3407 crashed into a Buffalo, N.Y.-area location successful 2009, sidesplitting each 49 aboard and 1 idiosyncratic connected the ground.

Jan. 31: Medical Transport Jet Crashes successful Philadelphia

A Learjet 55 operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance crashed connected a thoroughfare successful northeast Philadelphia conscionable aft 6 p.m. ET.

All six radical aboard the jet—a kid who, according to Jet Rescue, had conscionable completed attraction for a life-threatening condition, her mother, a doctor, a paramedic and 2 pilots—were killed, arsenic was a 37-year-old antheral who was driving astatine the time.

The level had been successful the aerial for little than a infinitesimal aft taking disconnected astatine 6:06 p.m. erstwhile the clang occurred, according to FlightAware. It was owed to halt successful Branson, Mo., and past instrumentality the diligent and her ma location to Mexico.

"She fought rather a batch to survive," Jet Rescue spokesperson Shai Gold said, "and unfortunately, this calamity connected the mode home."

The clang remains nether investigation, per NTSB. A preliminary study released by the bureau March 6, per NBC Philadelphia, states that the cockpit dependable recorder, oregon "black box," didn't seizure immoderate audio from the formation and apt hadn't worked for respective years.

Feb. 6: Small Plane Crash successful Alaska Kills 10

Nine passengers were headed from Unalakleet, Ala., to Nome, astir 140 miles away, erstwhile their Bering Air Cessna Caravan went down astir 40 minutes into the flight.

Three bodies were discovered Feb. 7 amid wreckage recovered astir 34 miles southeast of Nome, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, which noted astatine the clip that they believed the remaining seven, including the pilot, were "inside the aircraft, which was inaccessible owed to the information of the plane."

Calling Alaska "a large tiny town," Sen. Lisa Murkowski said successful a statement, "When calamity strikes, we're ne'er acold removed from the Alaskans straight impacted. But that besides means we travel unneurotic arsenic a assemblage to grieve and heal."

The NTSB said it would beryllium investigating the crash.

Feb. 10: Vince Neil's Learjet Involved successful Fatal Collision

One idiosyncratic was killed erstwhile a Learjet 35A owned by Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil collided with a parked level (later identified arsenic a Gulfstream G-200) erstwhile it veered from the runway portion trying to onshore astatine Arizona's Scottsdale Airport astatine 2:39 p.m. section time, according to a connection from Nashville-based lawyer Worrick Robinson IV.

Neil was not onboard astatine the time.

His lawyer called it "a rapidly evolving situation" nether "ongoing investigation," adding, "Mr. Neil's thoughts and prayers spell retired to everyone involved, and helium is grateful for the captious assistance of each archetypal responders assisting today." 

There were 4 aboard the Learjet and the FAA aboriginal confirmed the aviator had died, portion the co-pilot and 1 rider were earnestly injured.

Per WMTV 15 News, a preliminary study released March 3 by the NTSB stated that surveillance and compartment telephone video footage of the incidental showed the jet's rear near landing cogwheel successful an “askew” presumption arsenic it approached the runway successful Scottsdale.

The study besides noted that the aforesaid formation unit had reported an contented landing successful McAlester, Okla., connected June 20, 2024.

The aviator hired a mechanic who performed maintenance, the study detailed, and further attraction was conducted connected the level successful December. A mechanic who serviced the landing cogwheel noted that “nothing appeared unusual,” the study stated, but the near landing cogwheel “took an excessive magnitude of grease.”

Feb. 17: Delta Jet Crash Lands successful Toronto and Flips Over

Delta Flight 4819, originating from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, crash-landed upside down astatine Toronto Pearson International Airport and burst into flames with 80 radical aboard.

Everyone survived, and 21 radical were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to Toronto Pearson president and CEO Deborah Flint.

"All of a sudden, I conscionable retrieve being afloat sideways," rider Pete Koukov said connected TODAY Feb. 18. "I was looking down and conscionable seeing similar sparks and flames and immoderate was grinding against the ground. It happened beauteous dang speedy and we were conscionable upside down, hanging from our spot belts.”

Ultimately, helium added, “Everyone got disconnected successful a beauteous orderly fashion. It didn’t look excessively insane erstwhile the level had stopped and everyone realized, for the astir part, they were OK due to the fact that nary 1 was earnestly injured."

Flint said the incidental had occurred successful wide conditions and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada was investigating.

Feb. 19: Private Planes Collide astatine Arizona Airport, Killing 2

A Lancair 360 MK II and a Cessna 172S, some tiny single-engine planes, collided midair astir 8:30 a.m. MT astatine Marana Regional Airport, adjacent Tucson, Ariz.

The Cessna "landed uneventfully," portion the Lancair "impacted terrain adjacent runway 3 and a post-impact occurrence ensued," sidesplitting astatine slightest 2 people, the NTSB said successful a statement.

According to the FAA, 2 radical were aboard each level and a antheral and a pistillate connected the Lancair were aboriginal identified arsenic the deceased.

"On behalf of the Town of Marana and the Marana Regional Airport, our hearts spell retired to each the individuals and families impacted by this event," Marana Regional Airport Superintendent Galen Beem said successful a statement, per AZFamily. "This is an unprecedented event, and we are grateful for the swift effect from the Marana Police Department and Northwest Fire District."

March 1: FedEx Plane Engine Catches Fire After Colliding With Bird

FedEx Flight 3609, headed from Newark to Indianapolis, struck a vertebrate soon aft takeoff and had to marque an exigency landing.

While footage of the incidental showing the Boeing 767 shooting flames was dramatic, the level landed safely astatine Newark Liberty International Airport astatine 8:07 a.m. ET and the 3 radical aboard the cargo formation were uninjured.

"Our B767 unit declared an exigency and returned safely to Newark aft dealing with the resulting motor damage, including an motor fire," FedEx said successful a connection to NBC News, noting they were thankful for the "quick actions" of the unit and archetypal responders.

Aviation adept John Cox told NBC News that aircrafts specified arsenic the Boeing 767 are certified to alert connected 1 motor successful lawsuit the different fails.

"Now, it’s conscionable similar immoderate different mechanical nonaccomplishment of an engine, you’re down to a azygous motor operation," Cox said. "There are procedures for that, and pilots bid for it, and it results successful a harmless landing."