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American Airlines took delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR in late July 2025, becoming the first US carrier to receive the newest and longest-range member of the A320 family. The aircraft, collected from Airbus’s delivery centre in Hamburg, Germany, features a brand-new premium economy cabin and is capable of flying routes that were previously too long for a single-aisle narrowbody jet. American plans to use the aircraft on transcontinental domestic routes before launching its first transatlantic services in 2026.

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At 8:47 p.m. on 29 January 2025, American Airlines Flight 5342 — a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines — collided with a US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at an altitude of approximately 300 feet over the Potomac River, less than half a mile from the threshold of Runway 33 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. All 67 people aboard both aircraft were killed: 64 passengers and crew on the regional jet, and the three-member Army crew. It was the deadliest aviation accident on American soil since 2001, and the first fatal crash of a US commercial passenger flight since 2009.

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