An American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington DC last night - there are not believed to be any survivors

In the space of a few minutes the lives of dozens of people were brutally cut shot and the lives of countless friends, family members and witnesses, changed forever

A jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington

The National Transportation Safety Board has recovered the cockpit voice recorder and the flight-data recorder from the American Airlines jet involved in the deadly collision with a military helicopter,

A pair of World Champion Russian figure skaters were aboard an American Airlines flight returning from a development camp that followed the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, according to published reports.

The deadly collision between a military helicopter and a passenger plane sent shares of U.S. carrier American Airlines in trade on Thursday.

At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington,

Authorities believe there were no survivors in the accident, which happened as a regional passenger jet was attempting to land Wednesday night at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.