Army helicopter, commercial jet collide over Potomac River
Nicole, a passenger on a different plane who preferred not to be identified by her last name, told NBC News that she was on a departing plane sitting on the tarmac when she heard the news about the plane crash.
Her flight’s departure was delayed, and “all of a sudden” she saw firetrucks approaching the area, she said.
“What’s going on?” she said she wondered.
“We saw the helicopters. I was like, ‘They’re looking for something,’” Nicole said. “Eventually, we started to get texts to hear that there was a crash in the river.”
The flight’s captain eventually informed passengers about the accident, Nicole said.
“There was an accident,” she recalled the captain saying. “Please pray for everybody onboard.”
