Tributes are pouring in for Ian Epstein, one of the flight attendants who died when an American Airlines plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in 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.

Ian Epstein, one of the four flight attendants on American Eagle Flight 5342, was an alumnus of the pluralist Jewish youth group BBYO, the group posted to Facebook on Thursday. He is one of 67 victims of the crash Wednesday night over the Potomac River, in which an army helicopter collided with a passenger plane.

The text message came at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday: “Sam was on the flight.” At first, Shane Therault wasn’t sure what it meant. But he quickly discovered that an American Airlines plane had collided midair with an Army helicopter in Washington,

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This flight attendant spent all day on the jet that crashed near Washington, D.C. But her shift ended right before the flight took off from Wichita.

As more information is being released about the victims of the Potomac plane crash, travelers are remembering Charlotte-based flight attendant Ian Epstein.

The flight attendants of a passenger jet that collided with an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Wednesday were based out of Charlotte, an Association of Flight Attendants spokesperson confirmed to Axios.