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my office stands. >> ready listening to a press conference from wichita, kansas. the governor of kansas, governor laura kelly, and the mayor of wichita, mayor lily wu giving what information they can can offer very little to go by right now on this horrific crash. the american airlines flight involved here took off from wichita for washington, dc last night. let's bring in daniel elwell right now. he served as acting faa administrator in president trump's first administration. daniel, thanks for joining us. a source tells cnn that there was one air traffic controller working two different tower positions at the time of the collision last night. one person handling both local and helicopter traffic. what do you make of that information? we're told it's not that unusual, although obviously not optimal. >> jake, thanks. >> for having. >> me. >> no. >> it's not that unusual to have one person doing. >> two stations. >> especially when the traffic load. is not high. and my understanding is at that time it. wasn't a particularly high. >> traffic time. so it's not. >> not

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en wichita, kansas se le rindiÓ homenaje a las vÍctimas de esta tragedia de potomac.edia aÉrea que sacudiÓ al paÍs. lÍderes religiosos ofrecieron palabras de fortaleza y unidad tras el accidente. hubo flores y abrazos entre los asistentes. >>en la ciudad de wichita, el estado de kansas es un lugar muy unido donde hay que en la ciudad es la capital de la aviaciÓn. viviana: conteniendo las lÁgrimas, la alcaldesa dijo que estÁ proporcionando el apoyo necesario a las personas infectadas por el siniestro. la tragedia ocurriÓ poco mÁs de un aÑo despuÉs de que despegÓ el primer vuelo directo desde el aeropuerto nacional hasta la capital del paÍs con despegues y aterrizajes diarios con tres horas de duraciÓn. >>muchas organizaciones que estamos aquÍ donde trabajamos muchas ong que siempre viajamos a la ciudad de washington para hacer mucha abogacÍa. viviana: este jueves, el vuelo de american eagle fue cancelado. obviamente queremos hace la investigaciÓn que tomarÁ dÍas y semanas y queremos que estÁs tragedias nunca vuelvan a ocurrir, dijo el congresista. la gobernadora de kan

it was arriving from wichita, kansas. american airlines confirming that there were 60 passengers and four crew members on board the commercial flight. president trump says he has been fully briefed on the accident, saying, in his message, may god bless their souls. the ceo of american airlines says that he will be traveling to washington, d.c. soon. in a video message, he shared his deep sorrow for the victims. >> our cooperation is without pause, and we want to learn everything we can about today's events. that work will take time. but, anything we can do now, we're doing. we know that many people will be concerned for the welfare of their loved ones. and we've set up a special help line friends and family can call at 1-800-679-8215. that's 1-800-679-8215 if you believe you've had friends or family on board american eagle flight 5342. >> nbc's alice barr joins me now from d.c. good morning. what more do we know about the urgent effort to find the passengers this morning as they're still calling this a rescue mission. >>

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we're listening here to the mayor of wichita, kansas, and other representatives at the wichita at thehita yesterday, they left that city for reagan national airport. and just upon landing at reagan national airport, the passenger jet crashed mid-air with a military helicopter. it appears 67 now are presumed dead, including, as you heard there from the mayor, future olympic skaters, u.s. figure skating coaches, family members, and skaters were reportedly in wichita for a training camp, and some of them were on that doomed flight. so 67 passengers total from both aircraft presumed dead as both aircraft plunged into the frigid potomac river. reagan national airport is closed. the ntsb is taking over the investigation, and hopefully we'll have a news conference later today. joining us now, nbc news senior correspondent tom costello, live from reagan national airport. tom, what more are you hearing from your sources about this tragedy? >> well, mika, as you rightly underscore, this is in fact a recovery operation there. at this point, rescuers really have no hope that that there's anybody

just hours ago, a commuter jet flying from wichita, kansas, collided with an army blackhawk helicopter over the potomac river near reagan national airport outside washington, dc. 64 passengers and crew were aboard the plane, which was operated by american airlines. three soldiers were on board the helicopter. first responders from across the region raced to the scene to help. a massive search and rescue operation now underway for hours. there are multiple casualties. stay with abc news. we'll have much more on this plane crash throughout the night and on gma in the morning. that's nightline for this evening. for the good men and women at the crash site and the families involved. godspeed. good night. >> abc's david muir, the most watched newscast in america. more americans watch w you can access your fico® score in a snap. (daughter) what i would give to be able to make art on this scale! (dad) you will one day. but it's equally important for you to be thinking about your future... building credit— (daughter) dad... fargo, what's my fico® score? (dad) wow... it's a work of art. (vo) do

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figure skaters and coaches were on the flight returning from a camp in wichita, kansas, and three soldiers on board the chopper and terrifying audio describing the flight as it happened. >> i can go around, blackjack, can you return to the proceed, i need you to land, land immediately, can you go to dulles for a few months? can you go to baltimore? >> todd: president trump has been briefed and federal agencies are working with state and local officials to figure out what happened. you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning, i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier. crews are searching the frigid water. lucas tomlinson is here. >> lucas: awaiting a press conference 7:30 this morning at reagan international airport. this is an active search and rescue operation ongoing. we will pan over to show you 300 first responders that are busy in the freezing temperatures of the potomac river after just before 9:00 p.m. last night. american airlines, a jet with 64 people aboard, including crew, collided with u.s. army helicopter with three soldiers onboard, including both pilots

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. >> authorities say 67 people were killed 64 on board american airlines flight. 53. 42 from wichita, kansas and 3 soldiers on a training mission in a black hawk helicopter. both aircraft collided on approach to reagan national airport last night sending wreckage into the potomac river. at least 30 bodies have been recovered so far, including the 3 soldiers. an faa report is revealing that staffing in the control tower was not normal with one person working to positions at the time of the deadly crash. and is authorities work around the clock to try to recover people and notify their loved ones? we are slow slowly starting to learn their identities and their stories dc's. raquel martin takes a closer look. >> as the recovery effort unfold on the potomac loved ones of those tragically killed when an american airlines jet collided with a military chopper are still in shock. authorities confirm no passengers survived the crash just. >> devastating douglas lane. 16 year-old son spencer lane was identified as one of 15 figure skaters on board. his coaches are also on the flight with what for peop

we know 64 people were on american airlines flight. 53. 42 that was flying from wichita, kansas, hereo washington national airport in dc it crashed around 09:00pm local time when it collided with that army black hawk helicopter. we know there were 60 passengers on board that american airlines flight along with 4 clue. crew members. there were also 3 people on board that black hawk helicopter at this point, according to our partners at news nation, at least 28 bodies have been recovered. they're expecting to update that number throughout the day when they can. we know that american airlines flight 53 42 was operated by psa psa airlines. it was a crj 700 jet. that's a small regional jet. and the fact that it was operated by secondary airline isn't entirely a uncommon. a lot of those big carriers use secondary airlines if they contract with for their short haul flights, which this was just a little while ago. president donald trump also spoke from the white house giving some limited information beyond what we already knew in terms of what happened. he according to he blamed the crash on

el aviÓn volaba de wichita, kansas, a washington, d.c. cubrÍa un vuelo de entrenamiento entre las 67 vÍctimas. habÍa patinadores, entre ellos dos rusos ex campeones en esa disciplina. venÍan de wichita de participar en el campeonato estadounidense de patinaje artÍstico. y la presidenta de mÉxico, claudia sheinbaum, asegura que su gobierno denunciarÁ ante estados unidos las presuntas violaciones a los derechos humanos de algunos de los migrantes irregulares deportados a ese paÍs. >> noticias telemundo mediodÍa con nicole suÁrez y octavio pulido. >> y por supuesto, continuamos con el seguimiento de esta noticia en desarrollo. muy buenas tardes y gracias por acompaÑarnos aquÍ en noticias telemundo mediodÍa. >> un dÍa trÁgico aquÍ en el paÍs. vamos a la informaciÓn de esta tarde. son imÁgenes con las que despertamos muchos. el momento justo en que dos aeronaves. ahÍ las vemos. un airlines y un helicÓpteroan militar colisionan muy cerca de la pista 3del aeropuerto nacional ronald reagan en washington, d.c. >> un choque que lamentablemente no de

american airlines 5342 out of wichita, kansas. the distance is 1100 miles. flying time 2:4five. let's come to dca, reagan national here. point out a few things on the map right here. this is fort belvoir where the helicopter was based. it hasn't been told yet but we believe that's where it was headed from the north. the white house is located roughly three miles north of the airport. all this waterway is the potomac. clear this off and advance it one time here. so this is the runway that was the intended flight pattern for american airlines flight out of wichita. as we piece this together i will just show you this is where the blackhawk at the moment of the crash was headed. sort of a southerly pattern here. here is the american airlines making that left-hand turn that folks like lucas tomlinson and john roberts are describing to us from the south heading for the north and making the bank toward the northwest to go ahead and land. this is runway 33. there will be a lot of talk about that in the days and weeks to come. this body of water really is -- if we can let's pan up here t

causas de la terrible tragedia que ocurriÓ pocos minutos de que el vuelo 53 42 proveniente de wichita kansasdor de la torre le pregunta a la tripulaciÓn del helicÓptero si han visto el vuelo comercial identificado como crj. 13 segundo despuÉs, el audio capturÓ jadeos y una fuerte exclamaciÓn de fondo ante el siniestro. >> press las imÁgenes y escuchas de la comunicaciÓn, el helicÓptero no cambia su ruta y sigas a colisionar con el aviÓn. es muy probable que halla visto otro aviÓn, y no es que la torre descontrol estÁ diciendo. reportera: el secretario de defensa, pete hegseth dijo que los militares no eran novatos, y que realizaban la evaluaciÓn requerida con sus lentes nocturnos. se ha dado conocer tambiÉn que el capitÁn del vuelo 53—42, tenÍa mÁs de 6 aÑos de experiencia con la aerolÍnea. la investigaciÓn estÁ actualmente liderada por la junta de seguridad nacionaly transporte y por la administraciÓn federal de aviaciÓn, quien tambiÉn divulgÓ un reporte que indica que al momento de la colisiÓn, no habÍa suficiente personal en la torre de control, y el operadorrealizaban el trabajo de 2 per

american eagle flight 5342 from wichita, kansas, coming in for landing, colliding with the u.s.k hawk helicopter. this live stream from the kennedy center's earth cam webcam showing the explosion in the air. the plane, carrying 60 passengers and four crew. the black hawk, confirmed to have three army soldiers on board. tonight, the u.s. figure skating team confirming that several members were on board. >> did you see that thing? you saw there? affirmative. 832. >> sorry, i don't know if he caught earlier what happened, but there was a collision on the approach on the 33. we're going to be shutting down operations for the indefinite future. if you want to go back to the gate. highly suggest you guys coordinate with company. let me know what you want to do. >> all right. we'll let the company talking to them right now. yeah, we witnessed the whole thing. >> authorities addressing the incident at a late night press conference. >> at 848. an alert was sounded initiating a large regional response at 858. the first units arrived on the scene and found an aircraft in the water and bega

it was arriving from wichita, kansas. there were about 60 passengers and four crew minimums on the commercial flight. president ump has bebeen briefed, saying may god bless their souls. rescuers were quickly deployed to search the river for victims. the washington fire chief says over 300 fire responders are working the scene, but the water at the time of the crash was just above freezing. and the conditions are extremely rough. >> the water they were operating in is about 8 feet deep. there is wind. there is pieces of ice out there. so it's just dangerous and hard to work in. and because there's not a lot of lights, you're out there searching every square inch of space to see if you can find anybody. divers are doing the same thing in the water. the water is dark. it is murky. that is a very tough condition for them to dive in. >> the ceo of american airlines says he will be traveling to washington, d.c. soon. in a video message, he shared his deep sorrow for the victims and says the airline is cooperating fully. >> our

figure skating championship in wichita, kansas.e devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims families closely in our hearts. russian state media confirmed that two russian skaters and coaches were also on board. and as i mentioned at the top of this report in just the last few minutes, we now know that at least 14 of those skaters, parents and coaches came from the same skate club out of boston. so a very tight knit group. both aircraft have been located in the potomac river. the regional jet is in three pieces in about waist deep water. so a lot of work ahead and a lot of questions this morning. laura. no doubt. so many questions here. and really. and they need to analyze what exactly went wrong. aviation analyst mike mccarron joins us live now this morning. mike, thanks for joining us. this is such a tragedy, something that hasn't happened in this scale in the u.s. in years. it's now been about 12 hours since it happened. what are investigators likely focusing on trying to determine at this point? are you able to

it was arriving from wichita, kansas. there were three crew members on that black hawk helicopter at the time of the collision, and now hundreds of rescuers are battling absolutely frigid conditions. you can see how cold it is out here during these search and rescue operations. >> the challenges are access, um, the water that we're operating in is about eight feet deep. there is wind, there is pieces of ice out there. so it's just dangerous and hard to work in. and because there's not a lot of lights, you're out there searching every square inch of space to see if you can find anybody. the divers are doing the same thing in the water. the water is dark, it is murky. and that is a very tough condition for them to dive in. >> and law enforcement sources are telling cnn that this rescue operation is becoming more grim by the hour. and again, no survivors have been pulled from that freezing water. and several sources also confirmed to cnn that the plane is in several pieces in the water. officials are bracing for this crash t

an american airlines flight out of wichita, kansas, on approach to reagan national airport. the u.s. army black hawk helicopter on a night training mission colliding with the jet. both plunging into the frigid waters of the potomac river. 64 passengers and crew on the plane. three soldiers on the black hawk helicopter. tonight, the witness who told me what he saw, driving home from work. what he witnessed right through his window. and tonight, we're learning about the 67 lives lost. the american airlines pilots. the young figure skaters, their coaches and family members returning from the national championships and camp in wichita. the young stars, many from the boston area. the husband and wife coaching team. former olympic skater nancy kerrigan tonight in tears talking about those young skaters. among them, a 16-year-old figure skater and what he posted just before that flight took off from wichita. president trump ain the white house briefing room calling for a moment of silence. then, the president implying dei policies might have contributed to the crash. >>> also tonig

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a commercial flight out of wichita, kansas was flying in for landing around 6:00 tonight when it collided with a military helicopter and went plummeting into the potomac river below. we know 64 people were on board the plane with three army soldiers on board that helicopter crews. they have been searching the river and facing challenging conditions. >> there is wind. there is pieces of ice out there, so it's just dangerous and hard to work in. and because there's not a lot of lights, you're out there searching every square inch of space to see if you can find anybody. >> abc seven news reporter tara campbell is live with updates on this breaking situation. tara. >> yeah, well, as we come to you live tonight, these search efforts are still underway in washington, d c s potomac river, where water temperatures are just so very cold, making these efforts even harder. >> 14320217. >> a massive emergency response after a mid-air crash wednesday night in washington, d.c, an american airlines regional flight from wichita, kansas, crashing with a black hawk helicopter as the plane approached the r

also with us is nbc's antonia hylton, who is live in wichita, kansas. that is where the flight originated, because that was the place that hosted the u.s. figure skating championships, as well as a training program for young elite skaters. emily, let me start with you. what else do we know about the victims? >> well. >> i think what was so palpable. >> in that news conference hearing from the ice skating community. >> is just how. >> close knit of a community it is. we're talking about elite skaters that are going to the same club six, seven times a week. so they're seeing each other at competitions almost every day in the gym. and it's not. >> just the athletes. >> that were on the flight. >> but. >> also their parents and coaches here in the d.c. area. but we're also learning in the boston area, as you heard there, that one club, the skating club of boston, hit so hard, feeling the impacts of it with six people from that club who died on the american airlines flight, including two athletes, gina hahn and her mom jen was also on the flight. also, spenc

it was on its way here to dc from wichita, kansas.he two senators from kansas, i should note, say that they are in contact with emergency response regarding this crash as well. but how many people? mary would be on a plane of this size based on what you know? >> well, you know, there are, you know, a number of different versions of a regional jets, which i would think it would be a regional plane from wichita. it could be, you know, it could be a full size plane, depending upon the the load factors out of wichita. but on a regional jet, you likely have anywhere from 50 to 120 people. um, that's just what you know, the planes hold now, the regional jet. i just flew in on a couple of hours ago. it was mine was an american, and it came from charleston, south carolina. you know that one held, um, you know, that one held about 90 people. it was not full. so, you know, there's always a possibility of that. but, you know, d.c. is a, you know, a popular airport. everyone wants to fly in it. the issues concerning d.c. airport, even years ago,

the jet apparently departed from wichita, kansas. it was a psa airlines flight number 5342, flying for american airlines. the helicopter was a swirski h-60. the ntsb will take the lead in the investigation to figure out how all of this happened. but we do right now have some new video, an earth cam video of the collision happening in midair. you see there a ball of light clearly exploding above the city. dc police and search rescue operations are on the scene as we speak. let's get right to cnn's pete muntean. pete, you have been on the air for most of the last hour talking about how extraordinary this is. this is a commercial airline colliding mid-air with a black hawk helicopter just outside of the nation's capital. what more do we know about what happened here? >> this. clearly, abby, will be a tragedy that will change aviation. mark my words. now, you are looking now at the incredible response there on the shores of the potomac river. that is the scene, apparently, from the air, looking eastbound toward reagan national airport. y

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the potomac river as first responders search the water after an american airlines flight from wichita, kansasollided with a u.s. army black hawk helicopter in mid-air right near reagan national airport. here is what we know. 06 passengers and four crew members on board the passenger cigarette wichita. three soldiers on the black hawk which was on a training flight from fort bell car. as of now, despite earlier reports. there are no signs of survivors. >> ainsley: the mid-air collision happened as the plane was approaching the runway just before 9:00 last night. it was caught on camera. we have a warning the footage of this crash that we are about to show you is very hard to watch. >> brian: the plane is circled in red. after a few moments, you can clearly see the mid-air explosion. we learned passengers on the flight had just left the u.s. figure skating championships in kansas. u.s. figure skating saying this, quote: we are devastated by unspeakable tragedy and hold the victim's families closely in our hearts. >> this is what we know. president trump has been fully briefed on the situation.

. >> on the nearby potomac river and overnight search after a flight from wichita, kansas collided with an army blackhawk helicopter. abc news aviation analyst john nance joins us live. john. we want to ask you a few questions here as we learn more information. it's believed that this passenger jet was using a runway or was instructed to use a runway, runway 33. that's not as common as runway one. how much could that have contributed to this disaster? >> the contribution, if there was one, was probably in terms of the fact that that runway is not normally possessed of an airplane making an approach. and if the helicopter thinks that the pilot thinks that there is no conflict that could draw him into making a decision that he hadn't seen the airplane or he hadn't seen the jet on the final approach. that's all speculation at this point, but it's a pretty good place to begin. >> and john, we heard from some of that audio. it appears that the black hawk helicopter was asked if they saw that commercial jet, and they did confirm that they did see it. the president posted on truth social overn

>> this has been a news conference from wichita, kansas, mayor lily wu leading that. obviously, everyone in wichita city of about some 400,000 people has to be concerned this morning about the possibility they know someone that was on that american airlines flight 5342 to washington, dc. no survivors, 64 people on board, 60 passengers, four crew. they did not have a lot of information there. they weren't going to get out ahead of notifying those families, of the people who were on board. and they really were from everywhere as well. we know u.s. figure skating. the federation had a number of people on board that believed to be citizens from outside the united states as well. we will, of course, report when we do learn the identities of those on board. in the meantime, let's go back to washington, dc. rene marsh has been following the latest on the investigation. rene, what are you learning? >> so what we can tell you, john, is obviously as the search is underway, the big question and there are many what went wrong and which aircraft was in the right or wrong position,

figure skating championship in wichita, kansas. we are devastated by this tragedy and hold the victims families closely to our hearts, we'll monitor the situation and release more information as becomes available. new transportation secretary, sean duffy, had just been sworn in on tuesday, had toured his new building. transportation department in washington, d.c. and southwest by national park, he was at a press conference earlier. right now, there are no sign of any survivors, guys. >> todd: thank you. american airlines now has a hot line for those onboard and airline pilot association is sending team to assist probe of the crash. >> ashley: an american artificial intelligences pilot that just returned last night joins me now. thank you for talking about this. having just come from the airport, i know everyone says flying is safest form of transportation, is this ever anything you worry about as a pilot? >> well, first off, our thoughts and prayers with the passengers, the crew members, the three military crew members and their fa

figure skating championships in wichita, kansas. we are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims families closely in our hearts. russian state media meantime reports world champion russian figure skaters were also on board, and that includes evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov. the married couple won the pairs world championships in 1994. russian skating coaches are also said to be among the victims. nothere are many rapid developments unfolding on the recovery efforts and investigation this morning as we get updates. stay with us for the latest and you can stay up to date by downloading our app. it is free and available on all smart devices. we are also following breaking news in the middle east. hamas is releasing more hostages who were kidnaped during the october 7th attacks on israel. today in the bay's bob redell joins us live this morning. and bob, the israeli prime minister, is condemning the way in which some of those hostages have been released. correct. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has condem

figure skating event in wichita, kansas.oments ago, a figure skating club in boston said six of its members of its organization were on board that flight and killed in the crash, including two teen figure skaters who were on board with their mothers and two head coaches of the boston skating club. a married couple who had been world skating pair champions back in 1994. >> these kids and their parents, they're here at our facility in norwood. six, sometimes seven days a week. it's a close, tight bond. and i think for all of us, we have lost family. >> now, the fuselage of the american airlines jet remains in the potomac river near the reagan airport in washington, dc. investigators from the u.s. military and several federal agencies are working to recover the victims bodies and figure out what went wrong and what led to this terrible tragedy and loss of life. back to you. >> ali. thank you. reagan national airport has been closed all night following that crash. >> there are planes already en route from the bay area. ktvu jame

. >> el vuelo 53 42 despegÓ puntual desde wichita, kansas, a las cinco 18, hora local seis 18 en el estelitar se le acercaba peligrosamente, algo que advirtiÓ la torre de control. faltando solo segundos para tocar tierra. ocurriÓ la tragedia a las 20:00 de la noche, con 47 minutos, el jet regional colisionÓ con el helicÓptero tipo black hawk y de inmediato la torre de control emitiÓ la llamada de emergencia. >> a fire comnd happened in the river. >> al llamado acudieron los cuerpos de emergencia. con la llegada de las primeras unidades, apenas momentos antes de las 9,9, cuando autoridades confirmaron la colisiÓn, >> el crash phone alert there supposedly there's a helicopter crash. >> helicopter in the water. sound by boat retrieving injured they're looking for the aircraft that this moment you want start scanning the area looking for victims. we've had, uh, two insiders. >> pero con el paso de los minutos, los rescatistas dimensionaron el tamaÑo de la tragedia. >> realized that they had a plane crash um and immediately escalated to a response ultimately included about three hundred peopl

the commercial flight that went down in this collision is american airlines flight 5342 from wichita, kansas to washington, dc. everyone in kansas and everyone everywhere should know that kansas senator roger marshall issued a statement saying, i've seen the reports of a collision with a dc helicopter and an inbound flight from wichita, kansas. we are in contact with authorities working to get answers. we ask you to join us in prayer for every single passenger and their families. and john, the. as we continue through the coverage of what we know here, we did get some real specifics about the flight number, the exact kind of aircraft it is, the exactly what the what kind of helicopter it is. what's the next level of information we could expect? well. >> i think that through the through the night there will be the emergency response teams for the airline, for the operator of the black hawk, for the dc airport, the national transportation safety board, the faa. those phones are ringing. and those those involved are getting together. there are very established processes for things like this. and

now, the plane departed from wichita, kansas. the collision happened as the plane approached the runway at ronald reagan national airport. the secretary of transportation reports this happened on a clear night with no cloudy weather. there's some video of the moment that collision happened. search crews have found both of the aircrafts in waist deep water. they're in the potomac. hundreds of emergency crews and boats were there taking part in the search and rescue. now recovery efforts. they say the water is frigid. >> we are now at a point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation. at this point, we don't believe there are any survivors from this accident. >> american airlines says the jet was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members. latest reports of 28 people from the plane. 27 people from the plane and one person from the helicopter. their bodies have been recovered so far. the helicopter was on a training flight, had three soldiers on board. some of the passengers on board the plane were u.s

it had flown in from wichita, kansas. the news last hour. emergency crews had recovered at least 12 bodies, with the total figure recovered nearing 20, according to nbc news washington. the moment of the collision was captured. now take a look. it'll be right around the middle of your screen. there it is. see the bright light in the middle of your screen? now you see a light coming up to it on its left. now watch what happens. and that's the collision. time is of the essence right now because it's cold in the potomac river. that's where both planes have gone down. one of the planes, the fixed wing aircraft, the cr 400. the american airlines aircraft is in two pieces, and it is submerged in about seven feet of water. the other aircraft, the helicopter, is upside down in the water. there are believed to be three people on that, 60 passengers and four crew on the american airlines jet. that's what we know for now. the divers are in the water. the search and rescue continues. they are said to be at least 300 people involved in the search and res

tonight, hundreds of people came together inside the city council chambers in wichita, kansas, for a vigil for the victims. the american flight involved in that collision originated from wichita. no word yet tonight on how many people from kansas were killed in the midair collision. also tonight, the u.s. figure skating community is mourning the sudden loss of athletes and parents who are on the flight at san francisco's yerba buena ice rink. 14 ice blue balloons are on display for members of the u.s. figure skating community who died. the san jose sharks hockey team also sharing a message of grief today, saying, we offer our deepest sympathies to. u.s. figure skating and all those who have been directly impacted. one woman in san francisco says this tragedy affects the entire skating community. >> i always say, if you know a skater, you know all of us. you know, six degrees of separation. i think they say we have so many friends on the east coast and the west coast that constantly collaborate and work together, and we just all have a little dark spot in every rink in the country toda

it's a regional flight from wichita, kansas, to dc earlier tonight there was a press conference, kansas senator jerry moore am saying he's taking that flight many times. he actually lobbied for that flight to be added to the schedule. the route only been flying for about a year. yeah. so let's take a look at a map right now. this is from flight aware. it shows the plane's flight path. >> it took off from wichita at 05:22pm. central time, which is around 3. 22 our time that was set to land at reagan national airport about 3 hours later at 8.55, eastern. but as this map shows the plane that up colliding with that helicopter and ended up in the river. all of the flights that are coming in and out of reagan have been canceled until at least 11:00am thursday. we want to go right now to kron 4. sarah stinson has been following the very latest on this crash tonight. she joins us in studio now with more. sara. >> people across the country are anxiously waiting to hear if there are any survivors. this picture taken by a getty, the getty images photographer shows a part of the aircraft. i mean, t

figure skating championships in wichita, kansas.re devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims families close in our hearts. we will continue to monitor the situation and will release more information as it becomes available. that is all the information we have about anybody who was on the plane at the moment. right now, what we know is upward of a dozen bodies have been recovered. we do not know of any survivors on the plane. we have reports from some local hospitals in d.c. that they have not received any survivors. the officials in washington are still calling this a rescue effort. however, that's because it's nighttime and it's dark and they can't see everything. so they got boats out there shining lights. they've got helicopters shining lights in there to try and help people get a sense of what's going on. this is a dangerous rescue mission. it's cold. there are about 300 people involved in the rescue right now. it's right off of washington national airport. emergency officials held a press conference a couple o

it was inbound from wichita, kansas, just before 9 p.m. eastern time.a crew of three was in the u.s. army blackhawk helicopter, which was on a training mission. now, despite hours of frantic efforts, rescuers still haven't pulled any survivors from the water. and a source tells cnn there are confirmed fatalities. u.s. figure skating says several members of its skating community were on that flight. russian state media add that two world champion skaters from russia were also on the flight as well. i want to bring in richard quest, cnn airline and aviation correspondent, who is with us from london. and richard, i mean, look, flying overall, incredibly safe. however, when you see a situation like this, how does the airline industry react? how does the wider aviation industry react to something like this? >> obviously, with a great deal of sorrow and sadness, and even though everybody in the industry realizes and knows that accidents and fatalities are an inherent part of this, it doesn't make it any easier when it happens. because for the simple reason, s

investigators say there were 64 people on that plane from wichita, kansas, and three soldiers on board the military helicopter. president trump says nobody survived. authorities say that 40 bodies have been recovered from the river so far. the secretary of defense has confirmed the helicopter was on a training flight, conducting an annual evaluation. a source tells cbs news both of the plane's black boxes have just been recovered. let's get right over to erika brown live at reagan national airport in arlington, virginia. erika. >> reporter: well, anne, those black boxes will now make their way to an ntsb lab to be analyzed and potentially offer key clues into what happened. recovery efforts on the potomac river continued thursday afternoon in one of the deadliest u.s. aviation accidents in recent history. cctv captured the moment when an army black hawk helicopter collided with an american airlines regional jet as it prepared to land at reagan national airport last night. >> at this point we don't believe there are any survivors from this accident. >> reporter: the national transportat

it had flown in from wichita, kansas. the news last hour. emergency crews had recovered at least 12 bodies, with the total figure recovered nearing 20, according to nbc news. washington the moment of the collision was captured. now take a look. it will be right around the middle of your screen. there it is. see the bright light in the middle of your screen? now you see a light coming up to it on its left. now watch what happens. and that's the collision. time is of the essence right now because it's cold in the potomac river. that's where both planes have gone down. one of the planes, the fixed wing aircraft, the cg 400, the american airlines aircraft, is in two pieces, and it is submerged in about seven feet of water. the other aircraft, the helicopter, is upside down in the water. they're believed to be three people on that, 60 passengers and four crew on the american airlines jet. that's what we know for now. the divers are in the water. the search and rescue continues. they are said to be at least 300 people involved in the search and re

it was coming here from wichita, kansas.lided with a military blackhawk helicopter in mid-air near ronald reagan national airport. dca. both aircraft then crashed into the freezing water that is behind me here on the potomac. the jet carrying 64 people. it was coming in for a landing at reagan national. the soldiers, three soldiers were on board the military chopper. they were taking part. we know in a training flight, a cnn law enforcement source telling cnn late last night that no survivors had yet to be recovered. >> you know, when one person dies, it's a tragedy. but when many, many, many people die, it's an unbearable sorrow. it's a heartbreak beyond measure. and i know senator moran and i are here just to. um, to to say we care. we wish that there was more we could do. >> the ceo of american airlines says he is planning to travel to dc to support employees. watch we are actively working with local, state and federal authorities on emergency response efforts, and the american airlines care team has been activated to ass

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the plane was headed to reagan national airport in washington, dc from wichita, kansas. a ground stop is now in full effect. inbound flights and outgoing flights into reagan national. senator jerry moran from kansas posted this just just a few minutes ago on twitter. quote, learning that a plane inbound from kansas was involved in a crash at dca. that's reagan national. i am in contact with authorities. again, an apparent collision in the air at reagan national airport. this is just a couple o miles from the white house, one of the primary airports into the washington, dc area. let's bring in retired american airlines pilot and aviation expert doug rice. doug, nice to have your expertise here with us tonight. let's just start with the location of reagan national. i know it's near the white house, but this is one of the airports in that area, correct? that's correct. reagan national is located along the banks of the potomac, on the west side of the river, opposite from the lincoln memorial and the kennedy center. okay. i know you're tracking this as we are here in the new

american airlines flight 5342 from wichita, kansas, with 60 passengers and 4 crew members on board was preparing to land at reagan national airport. while approaching the runway, metropolitan police receiving multiple calls of the aircraft crashing into an army blackhawk helicopter. officials say there were three army soldiers on board, but no senior official. the explosion sending what was left of both aircraft plunging into the potomac river. >> i have no viable survivors at this point. >> reporter: about 300 first responders racing to the scene. divers desperately searching for any survivors. the water temperature barely above freezing. a life threatening 36 degrees. the river only just starting to thaw after being frozen over for weeks. >> the conditions out there are extremely rough for the responders. it's cold, wind is howling on the river. they're out there working. >> reporter: air traffic control shutting down operations until at least thursday morning. nearby residents witnessing the horror. >> when we went to the roof, it was insanity. police trucks, ambulances, command veh