A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.

Air traffic control received no response from a military Black Hawk helicopter seconds before colliding with an American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C.

Just over a year after the inaugural American Airlines flight from Eisenhower National Airport to Washington, D.C. was celebrated as a milestone event aiding Wichita economic development, the Air Capital and its business community found itself Thursday mourning the tragic accident involving the same route.

A collision between a commercial jet and an Army helicopter has claimed more than 60 lives near the nation’s capital, officials said early Thursday, marking the nation’s deadliest aviation accident in more than two decades.

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

An American Airlines flight that departed from Wichita, Kansas, on Wednesday collided with a military helicopter at Reagan National Airport.

An American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, according to officials.

A massive search continues this morning for victims of Wednesday night's midair collision between a passenger jet carrying members of the U.S. Figure Skating community and an Army Blackhawk helicopter

Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.

A small plane crashed in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Wednesday night, Washington, D.C. officials said.

An American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, according to officials.

Standing in the cold night air by the icy shores of the Potomac, onlookers asked: how was this tragedy possible?