Flights in and out of the Virginia airport originally halted as dive teams scoured the crash site throughout the night.

U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet crashed into a U.S. Army helicopter at a Washington airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years.

Chief John Donnelly, DC Fire and EMS said the mission has switched from a rescue to a recovery. They have recovered 27 bodies from the American Airlines flight and one from the helicopter. Donnelly said there were no survivors. Officials from area medical examiner offices are working to identify those killed in the crash.

Rescue efforts have been ongoing throughout the night after a passenger jet crashed mid-air with an Army helicopter as it was landing at DCA.

A multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after a small American Airlines aircraft collided with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport, authorities confirmed.

ATLANTA — Officials have shut down Ronald Reagan National Airport until 11 a.m. Thursday after an American Airlines passenger jet and Army helicopter collided over the Potomac River in Washington D.C. on Wednesday night.

A retired pilot gives a first-hand view of what it’s like to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.Chuck Smith says he has made that approach and landing hundreds of times in his career. He shared a video with 12 On Your Side showing what it looks like to fly near Washington,

ATLANTA — After an American Airlines passenger jet and Army helicopter collided over the Potomac River in Washington D.C. on Wednesday night, several flights between Atlanta and Washington, D.C. have been impacted on Thursday.

Questions remain over the mid-air collision between a jet, which was carrying 64 people, including the crew, and a military helicopter carrying three soldiers

There are many questions online about how the fatal crash between a passenger jet and Army helicopter. Here’s what we can VERIFY so far.

A solider involved in the American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter has ties to Gwinnett County.

Nearly 300 first responders are searching for survivors after the deadly collision between an American Airlines jet and Army Black Hawk Helicopter outside Washington, DC.