WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- There were 60 passengers and four crew on board the flight that collided on approach to Washington's Reagan National Airport, reported Xinhua, citing CNN reports on Wednesday.
Four people were recovered from the Potomac River and two bodies were found, and rescue is ongoing after the crash.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that a passenger jet collided with a helicopter on Wednesday while landing at Reagan National Airport.
FAA said that the midair collision occurred around 9 pm EST (0200 GMT Thursday), involving a regional jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, and a military Blackhawk helicopter.
The incident happened as the jet was on approach to an airport runway, it added.
Washington, D.C. police said a multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after the aircraft crash, reported Anadolu Agency.
According to Anadolu, White House Spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said in an interview with Fox News that President Donald Trump has been made aware of the incident.
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