Passengers on the flight included a group of figure skaters, their coaches and family members who were returning from a development camp that followed the U.S.

Flights in and out of two New England airports were cancelled Thursday after a plane crash in Washington, D.C.

An American Airlines plane with 60 passengers and four crew members on board collided with a military helicopter near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, plunging into the Potomac River.

The airport’s terminals remain open. As of early Thursday morning, more than 500 flights had been canceled in and out of DCA, according to flight tracker FlightAware. The incident occurred at about 9 ...