Sam Lilley, the pilot who was killed on a plane that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter above the Potomac River Jan. 29, was welcomed home Saturday. His body was flown into the Savannah ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Sam Lilley remembered by his father. Sam Lilley was a pilot on the American Airlines flight and grew up in Georgia. Sam's father, who is also a pilot, recounts the terrible moments he first heard ...

5 days ago · Sam Lilley, the first officer on American Airlines flight 5342 that fatally collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter, has landed back in Savannah one last time. The 28-year-old grew up in Richmond Hill, GA, and graduated from Georgia Southern University before pursuing a career in the skies. On Saturday, Lilley's body was loaded onto an ...

5 days ago · SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The body of Sam Lilley, the Richmond Hill-born pilot who perished on the fatal American Airlines flight 5342, arrived in Savannah on Saturday morning. First Officer Lilley ...

Tom Lilley said Sam was the first officer on the flight that crashed in Washington, D.C. "It is so devastating to lose someone that is loved so much," Tom Lilley continues.

Jan 30, 2025 · RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (WSAV) — WSAV has confirmed through family that a Richmond Hill High School graduate was one of the 64 people who perished on the fatal American Airlines D.C. flight. Sam...

Jan 30, 2025 · One of the two American Airlines pilots killed in a mid-air collision was identified Wednesday as a newly-engaged young man in the “prime of his life.” First Officer Samuel Lilley was first...

5 days ago · The body of First Officer Sam Lilley, a Richmond Hill native, returned to Savannah on Saturday morning. Lilley, who was 28, was among the 67 individuals who perished in the tragic mid-air collision over Washington, D.C., on January 29.

Jan 31, 2025 · Next to him in the cockpit was Sam Lilley, the flight’s 28-year-old first officer, who was also looking to the future. He was engaged to be married in the fall, Lilley’s father, Tim, said in a...

Jan 30, 2025 · One of the pilots killed when an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk in Washington, D.C. has been identified as a Georgia man. Sam Lilley was serving as First...