Michael Foust – crosswalk.com
More than 60 passengers and crew members are reported dead after an American Airlines regional airplane collided with a military helicopter in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night, plunging both craft into the frigid Potomac River.
“We’re praying,” said U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (Kan.).
The tragedy involved a regional plane, American Airlines Flight 5342, that was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members as it approached Reagan National Airport (DCA) for landing en route from Wichita, Kan. (ICT). Law enforcement said it collided with a Black Hawk helicopter carrying three passengers on a training mission. The plane was a Bombardier CRJ700. All 67 are dead.
President Trump on Thursday said everyone on board perished.
“There are no survivors,” Trump said. “This was a dark and excruciating night in our nation’s capital and our nation’s history.
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