Officials believe there are no survivors after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River below,

The American Airlines flight was carrying 64 people when it collided with a Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.

Officials believe there are no survivors after an American Airlines passenger jet collided with a helicopter above Washington DC and plunged into the Potomac River. Nearly 30 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage in the river so far.