WASHINGTON — On Wednesday night, a commercial airplane crashed with a military helicopter in midair close to Reagan Washington National Airport, killing sixty-four individuals on board.
The Army Black Hawk and the American Eagle airplane are both in the Potomac River. There were three people aboard the Black Hawk.
The crash happened just before 9:00 p.m. ET.
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Speaking to reporters in the White House briefing room Thursday morning, President Donald Trump described the fatal incident as a tragedy of horrific proportions and stated that no one survived.
We mourn for every beautiful soul that has been taken from us so abruptly, Trump said, adding that it was a dark and agonizing night in our nation’s capital and in our history. It was a tragedy of horrible dimensions.