Latest news and live updates after an American Airline jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.

Officials have begun identifying victims of a deadly midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter.

Multiple 911 callers reported the crash near the river just before 8:55 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department and the District of Columbia Fire and EMS.

The CEO of American Airlines is seeking answers about the mid-air collision of a military helicopter and one of its regional passenger planes while it was trying to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.

An American Airlines flight collided with a helicopter in midair as it approached DCA on Wednesday, the FAA said.

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

Authorities said all aboard the flight died after the fiery collision with the helicopter broke the aircraft apart and sent it plunging in three sections into the icy Potomac River below. Three U.S. Army service members aboard the helicopter also died,

The American Airlines flight that crashed with 60 passengers and four crew members onboard reportedly split in half after its collision on Wednesday.

Black box' recorder recovered from jet which collided with helicopter killing 67 - Officials say there are no survivors among the 67 passengers on the aircrafts that collided above Washington, D.C.

Nearly 70 people are believed to have died in the crash, which happened when an American Airlines regional jet collided with a Black Hawk Army helicopter.

DC fire chief John Donnelly says no survivors were expected to be found from a midair collision between an American Airlines jet, with 64 on board, and an Army helicopter. Donnelly says the operation was switching “to a recovery operation.” An American ...