An American Airlines regional jetliner coming from Wichita, Kansas, collided midair with a Black Hawk military helicopter near Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said.

A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.

An American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided Wednesday night near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

"Just the horror that the parents are going through. It just that blows me away. It makes me so sad for the families," said Joanne Kispert, 74, whose father died in the 2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New York in 2001.

We mourn with all those who have been impacted,” Wu said in an emotional press conference on Thursday, Jan. 30. “This is a terrible tragedy that will unite those in Washington, D.C. and Wichita, Kansas,

The married couple, won the world championships in pairs figure skating in 1994, had reportedly lived in the US since at least 1998.

The flight appeared to collide with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

Officials have begun identifying victims of a deadly midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter

The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world champions in the pairs event. They were also a married couple with a son who finished fourth last week at the U.

An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.

Robert Isom said said airline is focused on passengers, crew members, first responders, families and loved ones.