By Kate Kelly and Emily Steel Shortly before an American Airlines regional jet and an Army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night, the plane’s pilots were asked to ...

All 67 people on board the plane and the helicopter were killed. An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ...

The Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet and Black Hawk helicopter both crashed ... Sixty-four people were on the plane, which departed from Wichita, Kansas. Three Army soldiers were aboard the ...

Authorities believe there were no survivors among the total 67 people from the plane and the helicopter TING SHEN/AFP via Getty A midair collision occurred between an American Airlines jet with 64 ...

THE PLANE THEN TRAVELED TO CLEVELAND HOPKINS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BACK TO REAGAN NATIONAL, THEN TO WICHITA. EISENHOWER The American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter near ...

The collision occurred moments before the jet was set to land, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River. Rescue crews have recovered 27 bodies from the plane and one from the helicopter.

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said 60 passengers and four crew members were on the plane. Three people were in the Black Hawk helicopter — a captain, a staff sergeant and chief warrant officer 2.

Controllers cleared the jet to land and flight tracking sites showed the plane adjust its approach to the new runway. Less than 30 seconds before the collision, an air traffic controller asked a ...

First Officer Sam Lilley was one of those killed in the plane crash. (Tim Lilley) First Officer Sam Lilley was one of those killed when a passenger jet collided with a helicopter. (Tim Lilley) First ...

A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while ... Former skaters, including Olympian Nancy Kerrigan, mourning plane crash victims Alan Diehl, an aviation safety ...

It was the latest crash involving the F-35 stealth fighter jet, the military's most expensive weapon system that has been credited with revolutionizing modern American warfare but has also gained ...