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2025 Potomac Mid-Air Collision: Legal Challenges and Aviation Policy Reckoning
On January 29, 2025, a devastating mid-air collision over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., claimed the lives of all 67 individuals aboard two aircraft: a commercial flight, American Airlines Flight 5342, and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. Among the deceased were 28 members of the American figure skating community, including rising stars, coaches, and officials. The collision occurred in the early evening, with both aircraft cleared for operations in congested but technically non-conflicting corridors. The tragedy shook the nation, not only because of the lives lost but because it revealed critical vulnerabilities in the coordination between civilian and military aviation systems.