The athletes were flying from Wichita, Kan. to Washington D.C. on American Eagle Flight 5342 when the crash occurred around 9 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said.

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom released a third statement Thursday following the crash of American Eagle Flight 5342, saying the AA family was devastated and hurting but focusing on taking care of the victims' families.

D.C. police confirmed a crash had taken place over the Potomac and that search and rescue operations were taking place in the river. Donald Trump later weighed in.

Many established international airlines have posted messages of condolences following news of the American Airlines plane crash in Washington DC, US.

An American Eagle flight crew from Charlotte was onboard a plane that collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River by Washington, D.C., according to multiple media reports and at least one crew member’s family.

After American Airlines’ American Eagle Flight 5342 had a mid-air collision with a helicopter and subsequently crashed into the Potomac River, the D.C. fire chief shared a statement.

The camp serves as a launchpad for athletes vying for their spot on Team USA in the upcoming world championships.

An Army helicopter on a training flight collided with an American Airlines regional jet that was on approach into Washington D.C.’s Reagan National Airport.

Grace Maxwell, 29, a student at Cedarville University in Greene County, Ohio, was identified as one of the 67 killed in the D.C. plane-chopper crash.

Search teams are scouring the Potomac River after a helicopter crashed into a plane that was landing at the Reagan National Airport near Washington on Wednesday night. The emergency services are seen in the video in the early hours of Thursday morning looking for bodies and fragments of the wrecked aircraft,

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the deadly crash between American Eagle Flight No. 5342 – operated by PSA Airlines, which is a part of American Airlines – and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.