Man shares heartbreaking last text from his wife on board American Airlines flight

A man has shared a heartbreaking text from his wife who was on board the American Airlines flight that crashed into a US military helicopter. The text was sent just moments before the tragedy took place.

Hamaad Raza explained that he realised “something was up” when his replies to his partner, who was one of the 64 people onboard the plane, did not “get delivered.”

He has said he is “praying” that his wife has survived the tragedy in an interview. He revealed to WUSA that he had been messaging his wife in the moments before the crash.

“I’m just praying that someone is pulling her out of the river right now,” Raza said. “That’s all I can pray for.”

He also said that she had last texted him saying that “they were landing in 20 minutes.”

“The rest of my texts did not get delivered. That’s when I realised something might be up,” Hamaad explained.

The Bombardier CRJ700, operating as American Airlines 5432, collided in the air with a Black Hawk helicopter in Washington DC, on Wednesday night. The incident occurred at around 9pm in Washington as the passenger plane was approaching the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said.

The plane, which had departed from Kansas, smashed into the Potomac River, with NBC 4 Washington reporting that the aircraft “split in half” and was “seven feet underwater.”

The Pentagon reported that it collided with a Sikorsky H-60 which was carrying three US soldiers. Rescue efforts remain underway, with emergency responders trawling the water for survivors.

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According to the BBC, 18 bodies have been pulled from the Potomac River at the moment. US officials have said the Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the incident was on a “training flight.”

A military spokesperson told The New York Post: “We can confirm that the aircraft involved in tonight’s incident was an Army UH-60 helicopter from Bravo Company, 12th Aviation Battalion, out of Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir during a training flight.