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A passenger plane crashed close to Reagan Airport in Washington, DC. Real-time updates: Officials said Thursday that there are probably no survivors from a crash in Washington that involved a passenger jet and a US Army helicopter. Recovery crews retrieved 28 bodies from the river where the two planes crashed. Earlier Thursday, the American Airlines regional passenger plane carrying 64 passengers crashed into the Potomac River close to Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter. President Donald Trump stated that he had been briefed on the “horrible accident” and was watching the situation shortly after the mid-air collision on Wednesday night.
The passenger jet was approaching Runway 33 at the airport when the PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet struck a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter at approximately 9 p.m. ET, according to the FAA. There were four crew members and sixty passengers on the flight. According to both an Army and a defense official, the helicopter was an Army Black Hawk. Local officials said the plane went down in the Potomac River.
Donald Trump acknowledged that “sadly, there are no survivors” in the terrible crash during a press conference at the White House on Thursday. The accident is thought to have claimed the lives of 67 people, including three soldiers who were on board the military helicopter.
