Community members in Wichita gathered for prayers and support after a plane traveling to Washington, D.C. collided with an Army helicopter.
Last year, senators from Virginia and Maryland sounded the alarm over congestion in the skies above Washington.
A community prayer vigil was held in Wichita, Kansas in the wake of a deadly crash between a passenger jet from Wichita and an Army helicopter.
It's been confirmed that no survivors have been found following a midair collision Wednesday night near D.C.'s Reagan National Airport between an American Airlines flight that departed from Wichita and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter.
Officials say more than 60 people were aboard the plane when it and an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided over the Potomac River late Wednesday night.
Multiple figure skaters and coaches who took part in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were reportedly aboard an airplane that crashed above Washington D.C.
The flight appeared to collide with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.
The District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department said on its social media accounts that it was responding to an apparent airplane crash in the Potomac River.
The science behind the temperatures? Water transfers heat away from the body 25 times faster than air, according to Johnson. On Wednesday night, the Potomac River water temperature, specifically the body of water around Hanes Point and Reagan National Airport, was 35 degrees Fahrenheit.
Search efforts continue in the Potomac River following a midair collision between an American Eagle flight and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., resulting in at least 30 confirmed deaths.
U.S. Figure Skating confirmed that “several members of the skating community” and their family members were aboard the plane.
Multiple fatalities have been reported Thursday morning after an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter collided midair near Reagan Airport in D.C.