Some American Airlines flights in and out of the Portland International Jetport were canceled Thursday after a deadly plane crash in Washington, D.C., claimed 67 lives.
All of the airline’s flights between Portland and D.C. were canceled, according to tracking information on the jetport’s website, after an American jet landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport collided in midair with a military helicopter late Wednesday night, killing all aboard both aircraft.
At least five scheduled arrivals — which would have come to Portland from D.C. and Philadelphia — had been canceled by 5 p.m., according to the jetport. Two flights from Philadelphia arrived around noon and 3 p.m., and a 10:30 p.m. arrival from Charlotte, North Carolina, was still scheduled.
Three out of the five American Airlines departures scheduled to leave the jetport Thursday were also canceled, as were a pair of flights scheduled to depart early Friday. But a pair of flights to Philadelphia, scheduled to depart at 12:48 p.m. and 4 p.m., both did so a few minutes early.
The collision was the deadliest U.S. air crash since 2001.
There was no immediate word on the cause of the collision. Officials said flight conditions were clear as the jet coming from Wichita, Kansas, was making a routine landing and the helicopter flew into its path.
Takeoffs and landings from the airport were stopped overnight as law enforcement agencies searched for bodies in the Potomac River.
Flights at Reagan National resumed around midday Thursday.
United Airlines flights from Portland to Washington were still on time at the jetport and were taking passengers to Dulles International Airport.
The airliner that crashed had landed in Bangor the day before the crash, according to data tracked by FlightAware.
This report contains material from The Associated Press.
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