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Al Jazeera Staff

American Airlines plane crash with Black Hawk near DC: What we know so far

Boats work the scene in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in Arlington, Virginia [Alex Brandon/AP Photo]

More than 60 people are believed to have been killed after an American Airlines plane collided with an army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, DC.

American Airlines said on Thursday that 60 passengers and four crew members were on board the jet travelling from Wichita, Kansas, to the United States capital. An unnamed army official confirmed that the helicopter, on a training flight, was carrying three soldiers who had taken off from Fort Belvoir in Virginia.

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