The tragic last text that his wife sent him has been made public by the spouse of one of the passengers on the American Airlines flight that went down yesterday evening over Washington, DC.
The Federal Aviation Authority (FDA) reports that the aircraft struck a US Army helicopter as it approached Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport at approximately 21:00 local time.
According to reports, the aircraft carried four crew members and sixty passengers. Meanwhile, three troops reportedly engaged in a training exercise were aboard the military chopper.
Horrifying CCTV footage of the moment the jet and chopper collided, captured from a nearby building, has gone viral online. Before both planes plummeted into the Potomac River, a sphere of flames could be seen exploding upon impact.
