At nearly 1 AM Thursday morning officials in Washington, D.C. held a press conference regarding the mid-air collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army UH-60 helicopter that took place around 9 PM Wednesday night. As RedState previously reported, according to DC police scanner traffic, at least 18 bodies have been pulled from the Potomac River.
According to reports prior to the press conference, the helicopter was located upside down, submerged in the Potomac River, and the fuselage of the American Airlines jet was visible above the waterline.
🚨#BREAKING: A newly surfaced photo shows the wreckage of PSA America Airlines Flight 5342, which plunged into the Potomac River earlier tonight while attempting to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in D.C pic.twitter.com/idq5zekNQh
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