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Two Indian-origin passengers among 67 killed in Washington mid-air crash

IndiaTimes Friday, 31 January 2025
A deadly collision between an Army helicopter and a commercial airplane at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington has claimed 67 lives, including Indian-origin passengers Vikesh Patel and Asra Hussain Raza. Patel was an MRO Transformational Leader at GE Aerospace, and Raza, a DC-based consultant, had recently married her university sweetheart.
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