JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A woman from Johnstown, along with her husband and two kids, were on board the airplane that crashed into a helicopter while trying to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near D.C. Wednesday.
NBC affiliate WJAC reports family members confirmed Donna Smojice Livingston, her husband Peter and her two daughters, Everly, 14, and Alydia, 11, were among the 64 people on board American Airlines Flight 5342.
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Her family told WJAC that Donna moved to Virginia after college where she met Peter, who is from Richmond.
At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after an American Airlines jet carrying 64 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, officials said Thursday.
Officials did not believe there were any survivors, which would make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly 24 years.
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