American Airlines plane, Army helicopter collide outside Reagan National Airport near Washington DC
An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. A D.C. fire official said Thursday that “we don't think there are any survivors from this accident" and "we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.
With officials saying no one has survived the crash, efforts have since shifted to recovering bodies in Potomac River.
Emergency teams will continue efforts to retrieve the bodies of those who died when a passenger jet and helicopter collided.
U.S. military helicopter crashes like the one that took down a commercial American Airlines flight on Wednesday night are ...
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