Mar. 15, 2025
With black boxes in hand, investigators are now focusing on the actions of American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army helicopter before they collided last week over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.,killing 67 people in a historic disaster.
The National Transportation Safety Board said that the data from both crafts — pulled from what’s known as their flight data and cockpit voice recorders — as well as radar records and the communications from air traffic controllers will allow for a “detailed timeline” of how the crash unfolded late on Jan.
Mar. 15, 2025
Casey Crafton (left) with his three sons and nephew Taylor Hammons (center).Photo:Courtesy of Taylor Hammons
Courtesy of Taylor Hammons
Cars. That was the final topicCasey Craftontexted his 23-year-old nephew, Taylor Hammons, about before boardingAmerican Airlines Flight 5342.
Hammons, who had been joking with him that Jan. 29 afternoon about expensive cars, received the final text read receipt from “Uncle Casey” at 4:07 p.m. before his flight took off at 6:39 p.
Mar. 15, 2025
Scene of incident.Photo:FOX 5/YouTube
FOX 5/YouTube
Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith shared in apress conferencehours after the Monday, Dec. 16 incident that the 5-year-old received a gunshot wound to the upper body after “a younger child accessed a firearm that was unsecured in the apartment.”
The girl was immediately rendered aid after officers arrived but was later taken to the hospital in serious condition, where she remains hospitalized for treatment of “critical injuries,” a Tuesday, Dec.
Mar. 15, 2025
Lindsey Fields and her husband Mike.Photo:Courtesy of Amy Costner-Lark
Courtesy of Amy Costner-Lark
As Amy Costner-Lark spoke about her cousin, Kansas biology teacherLindsey Fields— one of the67 people killedin the D.C. plane crash — she wore an accessory near and dear to Fields' heart: a “Yay, Science!” pin.
“She always joked and said she was a self-proclaimed science nerd,” Costner-Lark, a 49-year-old family nurse practitioner in Edmond, Okla., tells PEOPLE.
Mar. 15, 2025
Sara Sharif.Photo:Surrey Police
Surrey Police
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The father and stepmother of a 10-year-old girl who died last summer in the United Kingdom after being repeatedly abused were convicted of her murder, authorities said.
Urfan’s brother, Faisal Malik, 29, was acquitted of murder but found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child in connection with the case.
Sara was found dead at the family’s home in Woking, U.