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An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after
colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, with
no survivors expected.

Sixty-four people were on board the plane, which departed from Wichita,
Kansas. Three soldiers were on the helicopter.

The collision happened around 9 p.m. when the PSA Airlines Bombardier
CRJ700 regional jet was on approach to the airport.

https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/77801a23-5c42-455f-9694- b5ec3101e80a/DCPlaneCrash_Details_v05_1738251090683_hpEmbed_1x1.jpg?w=750

Key Headlines
5:42 PM PST
American Airlines black boxes now at NTSB labs
1:06 PM PST
Airport tower combined 2 positions into 1
12:43 PM PST
Dive teams ending operations
12:29 PM PST
'He was excited about life': Family remembers flight's first officer
12:09 PM PST
Flight recorders not yet recovered
Here's how the news is developing.

Coast Guard shares photos from Potomac River recovery operation
The U.S. Coast Guard shared photos of the multi-agency recovery operation
in the Potomac River following Wednesday's deadly collision.

The agency said boat crews from Washington, Curtis Bay, Annapolis, Oxford, Crisfield and the Coast Guard Cutter Sailfish were responding on Thursday.

https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/4a1b8197-1451-4453-9b9a-2b1ff5d42409/plane-in- potomac-ht-jt-250130_1738289400718_hpMain.jpg?w=750

https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/490e2d06-6c8b-4e16-ba9e-bbf469538804/plane-in- potomac-01-ht-jt-250130_1738289143415_hpMain.jpg?w=750

https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/162076d4-6227-4470-82a2-5212ae1e04dc/plane-in- potomac-02-ht-jt-250130_1738289291076_hpMain.jpg?w=750

American Airlines black boxes now at NTSB labs
The National Transportation Safety Board said the cockpit voice recorder
and flight data recorder from the American Airlines jet that collided with
the Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday have been recovered from the wreckage
in the Potomac River and are now at the NTSB labs for evaluation.

https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/6f07d7b4-2589-403b-b5b6- 2264c25a3292/image004_1738298012303_hpEmbed_3x2.jpg?w=750

https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/c5e6ef73-3522-4204-a84c- 007bb4af3062/image003_1738298012303_hpEmbed_3x2.jpg?w=750

https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/0c5358a6-4a74-4174-bf7b- aed5acaa79e5/image002_1738298012303_hpEmbed_3x2.jpg?w=750

Runway 33 at DCA closed until Feb. 7
The runway American Airlines flight 5342 was headed towards before the
deadly midair collision on Wednesday will be closed for the next week, according to a notice sent to pilots obtained by ABC News.

Runway 33 at DCA will be closed until Feb. 7, the notice said.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/reagan-airport-crash-live-updates- white-house-military/?id=118247845

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