Potomac crash was plane model’s first fatal incident in over 20 years of service

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The model of the plane involved in Wednesday’s collision with a military helicopter over the Potomac River never had a fatal incident before the crash.

Sixty passengers and four crew members from the Bombardier CRJ-700 series aircraft are presumed dead from the crash, which also killed the three military members aboard the helicopter.

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