American Airlines has canceled two scheduled flights on Thursday between Wichita, Kansas, and Washington, DC, following a tragic incident involving one of its passenger planes on that route. The cancellation comes after a deadly collision between American Airlines Flight 5342, operated by PSA Airlines, and a US Army helicopter on Wednesday night.
One of the canceled flights was set to depart from Regan National Airport near DC at approximately 2:21 p.m., as per the American Airlines website. The other affected flight was scheduled to depart from Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport at 5:18 p.m.