An American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C. was involved in a crash near Reagan Airport Wednesday night.

The two cities involved in the crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 will be 'forever' linked, according to Wichita, Kan. Mayor Lily Wu.

The flight appeared to collide with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

More than 60 people are believed to be dead after a passenger plane collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night near Washington, D.C.

Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.

The plane collided with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

Wichita's Eisenhower National Airport experienced passenger growth and American Airlines added a direct flight to DC a year before the deadly crash.

The Rev. Ben Staley told Wichita residents that the world is watching. "Let us be a light of hope," he said. "Let us remember that love never fails."

House and Senate lawmakers from Kansas released a bipartisan statement on the tragic American Airlines crash Wednesday night in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Army described the helicopter as a UH-60 Blackhawk based at Fort Belvoir in Virginia. The helicopter was on a training flight. Military aircraft frequently conduct training flights in and around the congested and heavily restricted airspace around the nation’s capital for familiarization and continuity of government planning.

The victims include figure skaters, family members and coaches who had been attending a national training camp for top young skaters in Kansas. Among the victims were Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov,