The collision occurred moments before the jet was set to land, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River. Rescue crews have recovered 27 bodies from the plane and one from the helicopter.

Three soldiers inside the military aircraft were killed as well as 64 people aboard the American Airlines jet. A total of 42 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage in the Potomac River so far.

Divers have had some access to the aircraft's cabin. Luggage is among the items divers have recovered. The helicopter is upside down but appears to be mostly intact, Van Cleave added. Top figure ...

The U.S. Army has identified the female soldier in the doomed Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines flight this week, killing 67 people. Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, of Durham ...

The information was based on data recovered from the jet's flight data recorder that tracks the aircraft's movements, speed and other technical information. Just before impact, the crew aboard the ...

The aircraft went down in the frigid Potomac River, breaking into multiple pieces. The flight -- which had departed from Wichita, Kansas -- was approaching Reagan National Airport at the time of ...

The aircraft went down in the frigid Potomac River, breaking into multiple pieces. There were no survivors. There were 64 passengers aboard the plane and three Army soldiers in the helicopter.

This has raised widespread questions about what would happen if an aircraft were to crash into the White House. The mid-air collision was caused by the PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 jet colliding ...

The first warning reportedly occurred two minutes before the collision, with a second warning about 12 seconds before the two aircraft collided. On Saturday afternoon, crews were at the scene of ...

The Black Hawk helicopter which collided with a passenger plane in Washington DC, at the cost of dozens of lives, was on a drill involving the evacuation of the White House. No one survived the ...