Live Updates: No Survivors After Plane and Helicopter Crash Near Washington, Officials Say
7:30 a.m.: Local and federal officials hold a news conference at Reagan National Airport, where they say that they do not believe anyone has survived the crash. Efforts are switching from rescue to recovery, they say, adding that 28 bodies have been recovered to this point.
Officials in Washington say there are ‘no survivors’ of mid-air plane crash over Potomac River
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Emergency crews search for survivors after midair crash near Washington
A passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided midair near Reagan National Airport, prompting a large-scale search and rescue operation.
No survivors in plane crash at Washington's Reagan airport, authorities say
Twenty-seven bodies had been recovered from the downed plane, a Bombardier CRJ700 operated by PSA Airlines, and one had been recovered from the helicopter, a Sikorsky H-60, said the D.C. Fire and EMS Chief.
Were any Florida ice skaters on the Washington DC plane that crashed? What we know
The tragic plane crash Wednesday night claimed the lives of 64 passengers on an American Airlines flight and three people on a Blackhawk helicopter.
Factbox-What Were the Aircraft Involved in Midair Crash in Washington DC?
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 on Wednesday night,
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Live updates: Rescuers search for survivors of D.C. plane crash; police pull bodies from Potomac
The American Airlines plane operating as American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.
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Hundreds of rescuers were searching the frigid waters of the Potomac River for any survivors of the plane crash.
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