WASHINGTON -There are likely no survivors in the mid-air collision of a passenger plane and an Army Blackhawk helicopter near the Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., John Donnelly, chief of the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, told a press conference on Thursday.
The mid-air collision occurred around 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT Thursday), involving a regional jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, and a military Blackhawk helicopter. The Reagan National Airport will remain closed until at least 11:00 a.m. Thursday (1600 GMT) as the search and rescue operation continues, officials said early Thursday at a press briefing.
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