2025 Potomac River mid-air collision
aviation incident at Washington National Airport on January 29, 2025
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Summary
2025 Potomac River mid-air collision is a mid-air collision[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of mid air collision entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,612 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Washington, D.C.[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Operator: PSA Airlines[5]
- Location: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport[6], Washington, D.C.[7], Potomac River[8]
- Commons category: 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision[9]
- Point in time: January 29, 2025[10]
- Number of deaths: 67[11]
- Number of participants: 60[12], 4[13], 3[14]
- Start point: Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport[15], Davison Army Airfield[16]
- Destination point: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport[17]
- Has contributing factor: human error[18], deficiency[19], communication failure[20]
- Investigated by: National Transportation Safety Board[21], Federal Aviation Administration[22]
- Vessel: CRJ700/900/1000[23], Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk[24]
- Call sign: PAT25[25], BLUE STREAK 5342[26]
- Flight number: OH5342[27], AA5342[28], AAL5342[29], JIA5342[30], PAT25[31]
- Victim(s): Evgenia Shishkova[32], Vadim Naumov[33], Inna Volyanskaya[34], Alexandr Kirsanov[35], Jinna Han[36], Jin Hee Han[37], Spencer Lane[38], Christine Lane[39]
Why It Matters
2025 Potomac River mid-air collision has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]