United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and several other U.S.-based carriers have all given investors strong forecasts for the year.
United CEO Scott Kirby diminished American in comments on Wednesday. American CEO Robert Isom barely responded during American's earnings call.
"Just the horror that the parents are going through. It just that blows me away. It makes me so sad for the families," said Joanne Kispert, 74, whose father died in the 2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New York in 2001.
“While performing a training mission a United States Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from Bravo Company, 12th Aviation Battalion, Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, Va., collided in midair with an American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet Flight 5342 last night at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport," he said.
An American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, according to officials.
Aviation experts have warned for years about near collisions at airports around the US, citing air traffic control shortages and airspace congestion.
Three American soldiers were on board a Black Hawk helicopter when it was involved in a mid-air collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 29.
Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.
The flight appeared to collide with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.
A regional American Airlines passenger jet and a Black Hawk military helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night in the nation's first major commercial airline crash since 2009. There are confirmed fatalities from the collision,