Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-700 crash, Jan 29, 2025 (67 killed)
Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-700 accident on January 29, 2025 near Washington-Ronald Reagan-National, Virginia, United States with 67 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: January 29, 2025
- Aircraft: Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-700
- Location: Washington-Ronald Reagan-National, Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 67
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB final report (January 2026): the FAA placed the helicopter route too close to the landing approach path and did not mitigate the risk, ATC relied too much on visual separation, and the helicopter crew did not apply effective visual separation.
An American Eagle CRJ 700 on approach to Reagan National collided with an Army Black Hawk over the Potomac. All 64 on the airliner and the three on the helicopter died.