Ian Epstein, a flight attendant aboard the doomed American Airlines passenger plane that collided with the army Black Hawk helicopter, was granted a fitting salute at his home airport.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wednesday marks exactly one week since 67 people were killed in a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C.

American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, 2025. Authorities said no one survived, including a Charlotte-based crew. Here is ongoing coverage from The Charlotte Observer.

A flight attendant who was killed in the midair collision last week near the nation’s capital was remembered Wednesday for his devotion to family and passion for travel, as Ian Epstein’s family and others start to hold memorials for loved ones who were among the 67 victims in the deadliest U.

The Levaya of Ian Epstein, a Jewish victim of the tragic mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., will take place Wednesday at Chabad of Charlotte, NC.

Ian Epstein, a flight attendant who died last week in a mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter, was honored at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Monday evening with a water cannon salute.

Video shows an American Airlines plane carrying the body of flight attendant Ian Epstein who died in January 29 midair collision near Washington’s Reagan National Airport, passing under a water cannon salute.

The body of a flight attendant who died in last week’s Washington, D.C. plane crash was returned to Charlotte on Monday night. Ian Epstein was one of 67 people who lost their lives when a passenger jet and Army Black Hawk helicopter collided above the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday,