Officials believe there are no survivors after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River below,
All 64 people aboard a flight from Wichita, Kansas – 60 passengers and four crew members – and the three soldiers on a U.S. Army helicopter were believed dead after the two aircraft collided in a fiery explosion near Washington,
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The skies around Washington are often crowded with commercial flights, military planes, helicopters and other aircraft.
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Authorities were searching for survivors after a plane with 64 people aboard crashed into an Army helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport.
The number of people onboard and any fatalities is unknown at this time. The plane can carry up to 65 passengers and four crew members.
The U.S. Army unit whose helicopter was involved in the overnight collision with a passenger jet near Washington has been placed on an operational pause, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, meaning helicopters from that unit will not be flying for the time being.
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An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers collided in mid-air with a military helicopter with three US Army soldiers aboard.