TASS-FACTBOX. The TASS editorial team has compiled a list of aviation disasters that occurred in 2025, resulting in the deaths of ten or more people, in chronological order. At least 12 such incidents were recorded during the year, including two involving big passenger jets. Russia also made it on to the tragic list, with July's crash of an An-24 in the Amur Region. The rundown does not include planes that went down due to combat operations.
A Bombardier CRJ-701ER passenger aircraft (registration number N709PS) operated by American Airlines collided midair with a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter operated by the US Army near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The aircraft was en route from Kansas with 60 passengers and four crew members on board. Three military personnel were aboard the helicopter. Following the collision, the passenger plane crashed into the Potomac River. All 67 people involved were killed.
A preliminary investigation report published on March 11 cited critically short separation distances between aircraft flight paths in the airport area and revealed that aviation authorities had ignored data on recurring dangerous encounters there for years.
A Light Air Services Beechcraft 1900D (registration number 5X-RHB) crashed in northern South Sudan while en route to Juba. The aircraft was carrying 21 people - two crew members and 19 passengers, all engineers working at an oil field. The crash occurred a few minutes after takeoff from Unity State Airport. Nineteen people were killed; two survived.
