Vigil at Charlotte Douglas honors local flight crew

DC mid-air collision: Vigil at Charlotte Douglas honors local flight crew
Waves of support and tributes from across the nation continue to pour in to remember the lives lost in last Wednesday’s deadly mid-air collision near Washington D.C.
Charlotte-based flight crew was on American Airlines plane that crashed in DC
Officials said all 60 passengers aboard the plane, the four flight crew members and three soldiers in the helicopter are dead.
Remains of flight attendant killed in crash honored in Charlotte
Ian Epstein, a flight attendant who died last week in a mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter, was honored at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Monday evening with a water cannon salute.
‘The sweetest human.’ Charlotte-based flight attendant mourned after DC plane crash
American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, 2025. Authorities said no one survived, including a Charlotte-based crew.
Crews line tarmac as body of flight attendant killed in DC plane crash returned to Charlotte
The body of a flight attendant who died in last week’s Washington, D.C. plane crash was returned to Charlotte on Monday night. Ian Epstein was one of 67 people who lost their lives when a passenger jet and Army Black Hawk helicopter collided above the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday,
Memorial set for Ian Epstein, Charlotte flight attendant killed in midair collision
Loved ones will come together on Wednesday to remember Ian Epstein.
Helicopters flying along Potomac frequently pose dangers to passenger jets
Wednesday’s fatal collision and two other incidents dramatically illustrate the challenges pilots and air traffic controllers ...
Two planes aborted landings at DCA due to helicopters in flight path in week before crash: report
Two planes aborted landings at Reagan National Airport in the past week due to military helicopters in their flight path, according to the Washington Post.
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Charlotte airport employees hold vigil in honor of fallen crew members
Hundreds of people gathered at the Charlotte airport overlook Sunday night to remember four flight crew members who died during the Wednesday mid-air collision between a black hawk helicopter and an ...
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Person killed in Charlotte airport ramp accident
A worker was killed Monday after being struck by a vehicle on the Charlotte Douglas International Airport ramp, the paved area adjacent to gates where planes park to load passengers. "Our ...
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Helicopters flying along Potomac River frequently pose dangers to passenger jets
On Tuesday night, just 24 hours before a deadly collision between a military helicopter and a regional jet at Reagan National Airport, a different passenger jet coming in for a landing at the airport ...