A former Miss Kansas contestant and attorney Kiah Duggins has been named as one of the victims of the flight that crashed into the Potomac River after colliding with a Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night.

In an emotional news conference, the mayor of Wichita, Kansas said her city is grieving the "tragic" plane collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter outside of Washington, DC Wednesday night.

Jon Maravilla, the U.S. figure skater who was in Kansas with his teammates, said he was not allowed to board a plane because of his dog, but not the American Airlines flight that collided with a U.S.

U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall said Thursday afternoon that they have not been told who was on the flight from Wichita that crashed in DC.

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

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.

Sen. Roger Marshall, Kansas Republican, wants to know why a military helicopter that crashed into a commercial jet carrying passengers from his state was allowed to occupy the same airspace without the ability to directly communicate with the civilian airplanes.

Elected officials from Nebraska and Iowa shared their thoughts on the deadly midair crash involving a plane and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.

Feller, who served as an instructor pilot for the D.C. National Guard, said he had several rules for new pilots to avoid such collisions. He warned them to stay below the mandated 200-foot ceiling for helicopters. And he urged them to be on guard for planes landing on 3-3 because they could be difficult to spot.

Last year, senators from Virginia and Maryland sounded the alarm over congestion in the skies above Washington.

A collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C, killed 67 people, including more than a dozen figure skaters.