An American Airlines plane with 60 passengers and four crew on board collided in midair with an Army Black Hawk helicopter carrying three soldiers near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night, APA reports citing CBS.
President Trump told reporters Thursday at the White House that no one survived the crash. At least 40 bodies had been recovered by 5:30 p.m. ET, a law enforcement source told CBS News.
The plane's black boxes have been recovered, the NTSB confirmed. The plane, American Eagle Flight 5342, had taken off from Wichita, Kansas, and was approaching for landing when the collision occurred.
Top figure skaters from the United States and Russia were on board the flight. The helicopter was on a training flight with a crew based at Fort Belvoir in Virginia.
Flights resumed at Reagan National on Thursday morning.
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