An American Airlines regional passenger jet operated by PSA Airlines and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the Potomac River after a midair collision near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday (Jan 29) night, officials said.
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00:00An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed
00:10into the Potomac River after a mid-air collision near Reagan Washington National Airport on
00:15Wednesday night.
00:17A web camera shot from the Kennedy Center in Washington showed an explosion mid-air
00:22across the Potomac about 8.47 p.m. with an aircraft in flames falling rapidly.
00:28Flight 5342 for American Airlines had departed from Wichita, Kansas.
00:34Police said multiple agencies were involved in a search-and-rescue operation in the Potomac
00:38River, which borders the airport.
00:41CBS News reported that at least 18 bodies had been recovered so far, citing a police
00:46official.
00:47NBC reported that four people had been recovered alive from the river, while The Washington
00:52Post said multiple bodies had been pulled from the water.
00:56American Airlines confirmed that 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard the jet,
01:01while a U.S. official said three soldiers were aboard the helicopter.
01:05The National Transportation Safety Board said it was gathering more information on the incident.
01:10U.S. President Donald Trump, in a second statement, called the crash,
01:14a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented.
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