A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.

Authorities have confirmed the recovery of 28 bodies so far, including 27 from the plane and one from the helicopter.

Officials did not provide a death toll from the collision. But US Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas, where the flight originated, suggested that all on board died.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scores of people were feared dead after an American Airlines regional passenger jet carrying 64 people collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport.

Search and rescue is underway after a military helicopter collided with a commercial airplane midair before crashing into the Potomac River early Wednesday night near Washington D.C.'s Reagan National Airport.

The midair collision over the Potomac River on Wednesday brings back chilling memories of another tragedy in the same waters more than four decades ago—when Air Florida Flight 90, bound for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport,

WASHINGTON: An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the frigid Potomac River after a midair collision near Reagan Washington National Airport.

Officials say no survivors are expected after an American Eagle jet and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter collided in Washington, D.C.

Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.

The Federal Aviation Administration’s website boasts that the U.S. has the world's toughest qualifications for airline pilots.

The Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments is urging area residents to report anything they might find related to Wednesday night's midair collision over the Potomac River that killed 67 people.