Black Hawk collides with airliner in DC, no survivors expected

An Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with the 12th Aviation Battalion out of Fort Belvoir collided with a civilian passenger plane carrying 64 people as it approached Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., Wednesday evening.

First responders do not expect that anyone survived the crash, Washington D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly told reporters on Thursday. He added that the remains of 27 people aboard the passenger plane and one person aboard the helicopter have been recovered so far.

The Black Hawk helicopter had three crew members aboard and was conducting a training flight at the time of the incident, a source with knowledge of the matter told Task & Purpose.

Recovery efforts are currently underway active in the Potomac River. The plane, an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, had 60 passengers and four crew members. The crash happened just before 9 p.m. local time, with the plane, a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet, on its approach into the airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.