One of two pilots on the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army helicopter late Wednesday night has been identified. Sam Lilley, 28, started his pilot training in 2019 and was engaged to be married,

Sam Lilley, the first officer of the fatal American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night outside Washington, D.C., was a coastal Georgia native and Georgia Southern University graduate.

The father of the man piloting an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter mid-air in Washington, D.C. has spoken out. Sam Lilley, 28, was one of two people piloting the flight from Wichita, Kansas, his father Timothy Lilley told Fox 5 Atlanta. All 67 people on board both aircraft are feared to be dead, officials say.

A solider involved in the American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter has ties to Gwinnett County.

A Southeast Georgia native has been identified as one of the crew members aboard the jet that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter near Washington D.C. Wednesday night. Samuel Lilley was the first officer on the American Airlines plane, his father said Thursday.

One of the American Airlines pilots who died in a collision with an Army helicopter Wednesday night has been identified by his father.

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Timothy Lilley, the father of a pilot on board the American Airlines flight which collided with a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., Wednesday night, said Thursday he suspects the helicopter may have been at fault.

A Georgia high school says that one of the soldiers involved in the mid-air collision was a former student and a member of their MCJROTC program.

For the other Georgia airports, the date for reissues and rebookings is Saturday, Jan. 25. American Airlines has issued a travel alert for Atlanta, Augusta, and Savannah. Those traveling to, through, and from these areas are eligible to change their trip ...

For the other Georgia airports, the date for reissues and rebookings is Saturday, Jan. 25. American Airlines has issued a travel alert for Atlanta, Augusta, and Savannah. Those traveling to ...