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<\/p>\nA search and rescue operation is underway after an American Airlines passenger flight and a Black Hawk helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan National Airport just outside of Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan 29.<\/p>\n
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Washington D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services confirmed to CNN<\/a> that the passenger flight crashed into the Potomac River after colliding with the helicopter. The commercial plane was identified as Flight 5342, a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operating for American Airlines. It was traveling from Wichita, Kansas.<\/p>\n The commercial plane carried 64 people, while the Black Hawk helicopter, a Sikorsky H-60, carried three soldiers. A defense official also told CNN that no VIPs were on the military aircraft.<\/p>\n