In the late evening hours of Jan. 29, a U.S. Army helicopter collided with a descending American Airlines passenger plane over the Potomac River en route to the Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. There were no survivors.

On Wednesday American Airlines flight AA5342 collided with a US military helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington DC as it neared Ronald Reagan National Airport around 8:48pm local time. The crash has resulted in numerous fatalities,