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'Shower of sparks': Witness describes midair collision over Potomac River

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"I looked back and [the plane] was banked all the way to the right it was illuminated yellow underneath and there was a spray of sparks on the underside," witness says.

"I didn't see a fireball, an explosion, or flames," Ari Shulman of Alexandria , Virginia , says.

American Airlines Flight 5342 with 60 passengers and four crew members was making its final approach to Reagan National Airport .

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47

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semi-formal

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English

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47

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