In the first fatal airliner crash in the US for nearly two decades, 67 people are now feared dead in and around the Potomac River in Washington, DC. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas approached Reagan Airport on a landing route that would be familiar to anyone who has taken a flight there. A military helicopter on a routine training flight crashed into the plane, causing a fireball in the sky and the complete destruction of both aircraft.
Among the victims are Olympic-class figure skaters from the US and Russia, who were just competing in Wichita:
Officials believe that no one survived the midair collision on Wednesday night of a commercial jet carrying 64 people and an Army helicopter carrying three U.S. service members near Washington, D.C.
Both aircraft crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., and…
