No Survivors Expected After D.C. Plane Crash

The helicopter and the plane collided as the passenger jet was preparing to land.

Officials say no survivors are expected after a passenger plane and an army helicopter collided over the Nation’s Capital.

Around 9pm Wednesday night, a regional jet from Kansas crashed into DC’s Potomac River after colliding mid-air with a military Black Hawk  helicopter near Reagan National Airport.

The helicopter and the plane collided as the passenger jet was preparing to land.

The plane was discovered in waist-deep water, upside down and split in three sections. The wreckage of the helicopter was also found.

64 people were on board the American Airlines flight and three were on the Black Hawk.

Washington’s Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly reported that 28 bodies have been recovered from the scene, including one from the helicopter.

Donnelly said, “at this point, we don’t believe there are any survivors from this accident.” He added that first responders were “switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.”

This is the deadliest aviation disaster in the U.S. since 2001.