Officials say the conditions of the Potomac River are complicating recovery efforts of the bodies of the 67 presumed dead in a mid-air collision between American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

Air Traffic Control (ATC) audio from Wednesday’s collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet reveals the moments before and after controllers witnessed the disaster unfold.

Some 300 first responders are enduring dark, cold and windy conditions as they continue to execute “a rescue operation” in Potomac River after an American Airlines jet collided with a military helicopter, officials said Thursday.

Hundreds of responders have removed at least 28 bodies from the icy waters of the Potomac River after a deadly plane crash, according to officials as of Thursday morning.

Officials reported Thursday that all individuals aboard the American Airlines jet, which collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night over Washington, D.C., are feared dead.

An American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday. The Potomac River has an average depth of 24 feet. As of 11 p.m. EDT,

In what could prove to be the worst American aviation disaster in decades, a small regional jet carrying around 50 passengers collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over Ronald Reagan airpor.

Occasionally, helicopters can be seen over the Potomac River rescuing people stranded on the rocks, but it’s rare see a helicopter putting people on them. That’s exactly what is happening this ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The driver of a truck that plunged into the icy Potomac River Thursday night after a collision on the Arlington Memorial Bridge has died, authorities said to Fox Dc. The ...