Flight recorders have not yet been recovered but the NTSB is "comfortable and confident" that the recorders will be recovered, Inman said. Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport,

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

US president Donald Trump outlined his theory on the Washington air crash in a bizarre press conference - blaming 'diversity policies'

Democrats are excoriating President Donald Trump for his “grotesque” claim that federal agency diversity requirements caused the deadly midair collision over the Potomac River Wednesday night. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed the president’s remarks as insensitive to the victims’ families,

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President Donald Trump addresses the nation following a fatal collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.

There were no survivors after a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D

At least 28 bodies have been recovered after an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington,

The collision involved a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

Donald Trump spoke in the wake of the midair American Airlines plane crash, which happened in Washington DC on Wednesday night and saw more than 60 people killed

PMBlack boxes from American Airlines plane recovered: SourceThe flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder -- known as black boxes -- from the American Airlines plane have been recovered and are en route to the National Transportation Safety Board lab,

There wer no survivors after an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D