Authorities were searching for survivors after a plane with 64 people aboard crashed into an Army helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport.

Dozens are feared dead after an American Airlines passenger jet collided in mid-air with a military helicopter. Reports in the US suggest at least 18 bodies have been recovered so far, with 64 people on the plane and three US soldiers in the helicopter.

The crash and rescue on the icy river connecting Washington, DC and Virginia had similarities to this one. Five of the 79 aboard the flight survived.

FAA sais thaat on 13 January 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed shortly after takeoff from Washington National Airport, Washington, as it collided with the 14th Street Bridge before crashing into the then-ice-capped Potomac River shortly after takeoff.

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Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has been closed until at least 11 a.m. Thursday. Several flights out of Florida have already been canceled.

A deadly plane crash over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. halted service at Reagan National Airport overnight. The airport is expected to reopen around 11 a.m. Thursday, while the search continues for the 64 people on board the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.