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TOPSHOT - This photo obtained from the US Coast Guard (USCG) shows rescue efforts January 30, 2025, on the Potomac River after American Airlines flight 5342 collided mid-air late January 29 with a US Army helicopter as the plane approached to land at Reagan National Airport, near Washington, DC. Investigators on January 30 recovered the black boxes from the plane. The accident killed all 67 people, as rescuers pulled bodies from the freezing water. (Photo by Handout / US Coast Guard / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US Coast Guard" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/US Coast Guard/AFP via Getty Images)

'Near misses between planes and helicopters happened once a month at airport'

Channel: US US 4 days ago By Jessica Kwong
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Channel: US US 5 days ago By Gergana Krasteva
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 28 February 2025. Zelensky is in Washington to sign the framework of a deal, pushed by President Trump, to share Ukraines???s mineral wealth with the US. Credit: Jim LoScalzo / Pool via CNP. 28 Feb 2025 Pictured: US Vice President JD Vance (R) speaks during a meeting between US President Donald Trump (C) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 28 February 2025. Zelensky is in Washington to sign the framework of a deal, pushed by President Trump, to share Ukraines???s mineral wealth with the US. Credit: Jim LoScalzo / Pool via CNP. Photo credit: Jim LoScalzo - Pool via CNP / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com sales@mega.global

What happened between Trump and Zelensky? Everything said at their fiery meeting

Channel: World World March 1, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Donald Trump is managing to get his way with this very toddler-like behaviour

Channel: World World March 1, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Play Video 27/02/2025. Washinton D.C., United States. Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Donald Trump, the President of the United States of America for a bilateral meeting at the White House. Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street

Who called who handsome? Lip reader reveals what Trump and Starmer said off-mic

Channel: Politics Politics February 28, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Play Video Elon Musk holds a chainsaw reading "Long live freedom, damn it" during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on February 20, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Elon Musk wields a chainsaw and dances on stage in bizarre appearance

Channel: US US February 21, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Play Video A colourful art combination image showing a flight radar and plane wreckages to illustrate recent string of deadly plane crashes around the world.

How many plane crashes have there been in 2025? Full list of accidents

Channel: World World February 20, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
Play Video A Delta Airlines plane flipped over at Toronto Pearson Airport, Canada, with emergency services on the snowy tarmac.

Are plane crashes on the rise? Everything we know after latest Delta incident

Channel: US US 2 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

Donald Trump fires hundreds of air traffic controllers weeks after deadly plane crash

Channel: US US February 18, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Map shows stormiest stretch of winter in the US

Map shows 'stormiest stretch of winter' pelting 40 US states and 200,000,000 people

Channel: US US February 13, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Creepy gift Netanyahu gave Donald Trump alluding to deadly Israeli operation

Channel: US US February 7, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Play Video President Donald Trump signs an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women's or girls' sporting events, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump threatens schools that go against his executive order

Channel: US US February 6, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Play Video GAZA CITY, GAZA - MAY 26: Palestinian fishermen try to fish with rowing boats and fishing rods on the coast of Gaza city as damaged and destroyed buildings are seen behind in Gaza on May 26, 2024.While Israel's intense attacks on the Gaza Strip continue, some of the Palestinian fishermen who have to earn their living and bring food to their homes continue to fish, risking their lifes. (Photo by Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Inside Trump’s fantasy plan to turn the Gaza strip into a ‘Riviera'

Channel: US US February 5, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

American Airlines plane wreckage hoisted out of Potomac river in crash recovery efforts

Channel: US US February 4, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
L-r: Mid air collision between a US military helicopter and a small passenger aircraft close to Reagan National Airport in #Washington DC. SAR for 60 passengers on board Bombardier aircraft as well as in Potomac river as well as H-60 Black Hawk helicopter; Twitter Image of moment of plane crashing to the ground in Philadelphia. CREDIT: Earthcam; Twitter

US transport secretary reacts to plane crashes with ban on celebrating diversity

Channel: US US February 2, 2025 By Danny Rigg

Third pilot of Black Hawk in fatal Washington DC crash is finally identified

Channel: World World February 2, 2025 By Jen Mills
Malacky, Slovakia - September 1, 2023: Slovak Air Force Sikorsky S-70 UH-60 Black Hawk utility transport helicopter. Aviation and military rotorcraft.

Black Hawk helicopter 'was on doomsday dry run' before Washington DC crash

Channel: US US February 1, 2025 By Sam Corbishley
Mandatory Credit: Photo by KYLE MAZZA/Shutterstock (15126612j) President of the United States Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at a Presidential News Conference on the mid-air collision between a U.S. Army helicopter and an American Airlines Regional Jet that leaves no survivors in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., United States, on January 30, 2025. President Donald J. Trump Delivers Remarks At A News Conference On The Mid-Air Collision At The White House In Washington D.C, Washington d.c., United States - 30 Jan 2025

Trump insults the plane crash victims with every word

Channel: US US February 1, 2025 By Pablo O'Hana

Hero pilot reveals two key theories on what caused Washington plane crash

Channel: US US January 31, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, wreckage is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington. (Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles, U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

Air traffic controller 'clocked off early' on night of Washington DC plane crash

Channel: US US February 1, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

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