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., reported Xinhua, quoting John Donnelly, chief of the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, at 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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