We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” said John Donnelly, the fire chief in the nation’s capital.

In audio from the air traffic control tower around the time of the crash, a controller is heard asking the helicopter, “PAT25 do you have the CRJ in sight,” in reference to the passenger aircraft.

At least 19 bodies have been pulled from the Potomac River in Washington DC including a group of figure skaters, their coaches and family members who returning from a development camp

Multiple federal agencies are investigating a major aviation crash that happened between a regional jet and a helicopter around Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday. The capital area was the benefactor of improved weather over the last couple of days with high temperatures reaching the 60s,