“Crash, crash, crash”: Air traffic controllers react as an American Airlines passenger jet carrying 64 people collides with a military Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.

Wichita's Eisenhower National Airport experienced passenger growth and American Airlines added a direct flight to DC a year before the deadly crash.

That’s because American Airlines has retired that number after the deadly plane crash in Washington, D.C., said Jesse Romo, Wichita’s director of airports. But on Friday, Wednesday’s flight information was still on the departure screens at Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport.

An American Airlines flight going from Wichita to Washington, D.C., went down in the Potomac River after colliding with a military Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday. It comes just one year after Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport started offering nonstop flights to Washington.

The flight that took off from Wichita, only to meet disaster in Washington, has reminded some residents of past crashes that broke their city’s heart.

The National Transportation Safety Board’s website tells people to call the airline immediately after a possible crash if they believe their loved one was on board. The NTSB, who is likely to investigate the crash, can also be contacted at [email protected] and 202-314-6185.

More than 60 people are believed to be dead after a passenger plane collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night near Washington, D.C.

The two cities involved in the crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 will be 'forever' linked, according to Wichita, Kan. Mayor Lily Wu.

Wichita Mayor Lily Wu and Dwight D. Eisenhower Airport Director of Airports Jesse Romo provide update on Wichita flight that has crashed in Washington D.C.

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 local news outlet in Wichita, the Kansas city reeling from the Washington, D.C., midair collision, has lobbed a scathing attack on Donald Trump for glossing over the loss of 67 lives and talking about “DEI and dwarfs.