No survivors found in Washington DC Plane Crash

The American Airlines regional passenger jet with 64 people aboard collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport earlier on Thursday. 

Moments after the mid-air collision Wednesday night, President Donald Trump said that he had been briefed on the “terrible accident” and was monitoring the situation.T

The plane was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members when it collided with the Black Hawk helicopter which had three soldiers aboard. All take-offs and landings have been halted at the airport as the rescue operation got underway. BBC reported.

Dozens of firefighters are “engaged in dive operations” on the Potomac River. US Senator Ted Cruz said “We know there are fatalities” from the plane and helicopter collision, although he did not give out any further details about it.I

nvestigators have recovered the flight data recorders, also known as black boxes, from the deadly plane crash in Washington DC, the BBC's US news partner CBS reports

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says a preliminary report on the crash - in which a commercial airplane and a military helicopter collided over the Potomac River - will be issued in 30 days

President Donald Trump earlier offered his condolences, saying "our hearts are shattered" by the incident on Wednesday night

No one is believed to have survived, officials say - 64 people were on the American Airlines flight and three on the helicopter

Trump blamed diversity rules under his predecessors, saying he believes people hired for air traffic control roles were not always qualified - but offered no evidence for this

In an audio clip, air traffic controllers can be heard asking the helicopter's crew if they can see the plane