U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies carry out recovery efforts after an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided midair and crashed into the Potomac River.

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An American Airlines jet from Wichita with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompt ...