One onlooker said that he initially “didn’t think much of it” and thought the collision resembled “shooting stars.”

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

Hundreds of responders have removed at least 28 bodies from the icy waters of the Potomac River after a deadly plane crash, according to officials as of Thursday morning.

Authorities shared a grim update on the collision involving an American Airlines passenger plane and a black hawk helicopter over Ronald Reagan International Airport in Washington, D.C.

One of the worst nightmares for travelers might have just happened. An American Airlines plane from Wichita, Kansas (Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport – ICT) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) appears to have crashed into the Potomac River.

An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening. Three soldiers were onboard the helicopter and a massive search and rescue operation is now unfolding in the Potomac River.

A US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying three crew members – from the 12th Aviation Battalion, based out of nearby Fort Belvoir, Virginia – was traveling south over the Potomac River, just east of DCA on Wednesday evening. Its exact origin and takeoff time are unknown to CNN as of Thursday afternoon.

D.C. police confirmed a crash had taken place over the Potomac and that search and rescue operations were taking place in the river. Donald Trump later weighed in.

An American Airlines flight collided with a helicopter in midair as it approached DCA on Wednesday, the FAA said.

Harrowing air traffic control audio has shed more light on the horror American Airlines crash over Washington DC. The PSA Airlines aircraft, which is owned by American Airlines, was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members when it crashed into a BlackHawk helicopter with three military personnel onboard.

According to the FAA, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided into a 60-passenger flight landing at DCA midair.

Black box' recorder recovered from jet which collided with helicopter killing 67 - Officials say there are no survivors among the 67 passengers on the aircrafts that collided above Washington, D.C.