Authorities believe there were no survivors after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter on Wednesday.

Sean Duffy, the new transportation secretary, is facing his first major crisis just hours after his swearing-in.

Duffy was sworn into the Cabinet position just hours before an American Airlines passenger plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac RiverSecretary of Transportation Sean Duffy,

D.C. police confirmed a crash had taken place over the Potomac and that search and rescue operations were taking place in the river. Donald Trump later weighed in.

Latest news and live updates after an American Airline jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that the collision between an American Airlines passenger plane and an Army helicopter was preventable.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who was sworn in earlier this week, said on Thursday both an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter were in standard flight patterns before they collided above Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington,

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters that the flight patterns of both the American Airlines jet and blackhawk military aircraft that crashed late Wednesday were not "unusual."

Nine days after President Donald Trump was sworn into office Leftist shills are already exploiting a horrific tragedy to place blame where it doesn’t belong. As normal […]

Runway operations at the airport are expected to resume at 11 a.m. "The NTSB will lead the investigation. We are working with local officials and will provide any additional information once it becomes available," McLendon said. A source briefed on the search-and-rescue operation described a gruesome scene with large numbers of bodies recovered.

An NTSB-led investigation is in full swing to identify factors that led to the Jan. 29 midair collision between an American Eagle Bombardier CRJ-700 operated by PSA Airlines on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter.