Rescue craft are in the Potomac River below the site of the collision with D.C. fire chief John Donnelly saying "we don't know" if there are any survivors.

An American Eagle Flight 5342, operated by PSA Airlines using a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet, collided midair with a U.S. Army Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday evening.

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The midair collision Wednesday night between a regional American Airlines passenger jet and a Black Hawk military helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., was "absolutely" preventable,