Another small plane crashes near shopping mall in US, 6 dead
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A plane caught fire after crashing near a shopping mall northeast of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. The cause of the crash has not been revealed.
Pennsylvania (UrduPoint News - February 1, 2025) A small plane crashed near a shopping mall in the northeastern area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Six people were killed in the accident. According to local media, the plane caught fire after crashing near a shopping mall. Rescue teams arrived at the scene of the accident immediately after the accident and started rescue operations.
The causes of the accident have not yet been revealed, but authorities have begun an investigation. According to American media, the plane caught fire after the accident, while there have also been reports of six people dying as a result of the accident. It should be noted that earlier, a US Airlines passenger plane and a military helicopter collided in mid-air near Reagan National Airport in Washington and crashed into the Potomac River.
US authorities said that no one was likely to survive the accident. According to American media, the accident occurred near Reagan Airport, 5 kilometers from the White House. The passenger plane was carrying 60 passengers and 4 crew members, while the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying 3 US soldiers. American Airlines flight UL 5432 was en route from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington.
Reagan Airport was closed after the crash. According to US media, the plane broke into two pieces as a result of the crash. Later, significant progress has been made in the investigation of the plane crash in the US, with a black box found in the Potomac River, revealing some of the reasons for the collision between the passenger plane and the military helicopter near Washington Airport. According to media reports, it could not be determined whether the black box belonged to the passenger plane or the helicopter.
More details of the tragic collision have emerged. The control tower at Ronald Reagan Airport was understaffed. The runway of the crashed passenger plane was changed at the last minute. According to US media, all 67 people on board the plane and helicopter were killed in the accident. According to reports, the control tower at Ronald Reagan Airport was understaffed, where it was revealed that one controller was working instead of two, while a flight was forced to change its route a day earlier. According to US media, the air traffic controller sent a message to the military helicopter twice 30 seconds ago to move out of the plane's path. The helicopter pilot did not respond. The US military's Black Hawk helicopter was on a training mission. The pilot of the crashed passenger plane was instructed at the last minute to change the runway, after which the plane changed direction.
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