What we know about the passenger plane collision near Washington, DC
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Hundreds of first responders are diving in frigid water looking for survivors after a passenger plane collided with a US Army helicopter midair at Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, Wednesday.
Hundreds of first responders are diving in frigid water looking for survivors after a passenger plane collided with a US Army helicopter midair at Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, Wednesday. Emergency personnel are conducting search and rescue efforts in the Potomac River, where the plane and helicopter crashed, with authorities warning the operation will likely take days. Law enforcement sources said there are confirmed fatalities, though they did not specify how many, and that no survivors have been recovered so far. There were 64 people on board the plane and the three soldiers in the Army helicopter, according to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. Here’s what we know about the crash, which experts warn could be the deadliest air disaster involving a US passenger plane in decades. The passenger plane was American Airlines Flight 5342, operated by PSA airlines, traveling from Wichita, Kansas, to Reagan National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
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