The FAA and NTSB have launched an investigation into how an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River.

Staffing levels at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport were 'not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,' according to a preliminary report

Political leaders had warned about the dangers of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. months before an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on its approach to the airport.

An American Airlines plane, believed to be carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, has crashed with a Blackhawk military helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington DC

While landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday shortly before 9 p.m., American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the icy Potomac River.

Emergency teams will continue efforts to retrieve the bodies of those who died when a passenger jet and helicopter collided.

Investigators have retrieved the voice and data recorders from the passenger plane following Wednesday's crash which killed 67 people.

Kansas officials are sharing what they know after an American Airlines flight that departed from Wichita crashed in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night. Officials said no survivors are expected.

Following last night’s tragic plane crash of a flight that originated from Wichita, the Kansas Congressional delegation of Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall and Reps. Tracey Mann, Derek Schmidt, Sharice Davids, and Ron Estes issued the following statement: