Water cannon salute at Reagan National Airport Friday night honoring the captain of flight 5342.
A water cannon salute took place at Reagan National Airport Friday night, to honor Captain Jonathan Campos who lost his life in D.C.’s plane crash on flight AA5342.
The salute took place as late Captain Campos and his family were set to fly to their home in New York on American Airlines Flight 2074 to LaGuardia Airport (LGA).
The pilots of the American Airlines aircraft made a last ditch bid to save their passengers just moments before the fatal crash with an Army Black Hawk helicopter.
Captain Jonathan Campos, 34, and First Officer Samuel Lilley, 28, tried to pull the plane’s nose up in the last few seconds before the crash, preliminary data from the plane’s flight recorder has revealed.
