Several members of the figure skating community have spoken out after several athletes and their families were involved in a plane crash

More than 60 people were killed when an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

A passenger jet has collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.

The harrowing 30 seconds before a Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines plane crashed in Washington DC was captured on radar. Both aircraft collided near Ronald Reagan National Airport before crashing into the Potomac River at 8.47pm local time (1.47am GMT) on Wednesday.

Donald Trump has blamed a diversity hiring spree for causing the deadly crash between a military helicopter and a passenger plane that killed 67 people in Washington DC.

As American Airlines Flight 5342 descended calmly over the Potomac River, a US army helicopter approached. The outcome was devastating

U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet crashed into a U.S. Army helicopter at a Washington airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years.

TRAVELERS are terrified to fly and airport workers are left without answers at the Washington DC airport near where a midair collision between a military helicopter and a passenger jet killed 67

Staffing in the air traffic control tower at Washington, DC’s Ronald Reagan National Airport was abnormal at the time of a deadly crash, according to a report.

Some experts, politicians and airport managers have been warning of the risks posed by the crowded airspace at Reagan Washington National Airport.