Investigators have already recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport.

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

Flights in and out of the Virginia airport originally halted as dive teams scoured the crash site throughout the night.

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At about 9pm local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday, an inbound American Airlines aircraft (flight 5342), manufactured by the Canadian firm Bombardier, collided with a Sikorsky Black Hawk army helicopter as it approached the Ronald Reagan airport, located along the Potomac River southwest of Washington, DC.

A passenger jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter midair as the flight was approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, DC, Wednesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

Air crash investigations can take months, and federal investigators told reporters they would not speculate on what caused the collision between the Army helicopter and a jetliner.

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.

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

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

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