Washington, D.C., plane crash: What to know as new details emerge on helicopter collision over Potomac River

An American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. All 67 people aboard the aircraft are presumed dead.

WASHINGTON — Sixty-four people aboard a commercial airliner died Wednesday after it collided with a military helicopter midair near Reagan Washington National Airport.

Both the American Eagle jet and Army Black Hawk are in the Potomac River. The Black Hawk had three personnel onboard.

The collision occurred shortly before 9 p.m. ET.

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President Donald Trump called the deadly collision a “a tragedy of terrible proportions” and said there were no survivors as he addressed reporters in the White House briefing room Thursday morning.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/plane-crash-washington-dc-helicopter-potomac-river-what-know-rcna189947


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