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Authorities said Thursday morning they believe there were no survivors in the crash between a regional American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter late Wednesday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Twenty-seven bodies had been recovered from the downed plane, a Bombardier CRJ700 operated by PSA Airlines, and one had been recovered from the helicopter, a Sikorsky H-60, said D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly during a news conference at the airport.
A total of 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard the plane, which departed from Wichita, Kansas, according to American Airlines, and three soldiers were on the helicopter.
“We are now at a point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” Donnelly said. “We don’t believe there are any survivors from this accident.”
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said the plane collided with “a military aircraft on an otherwise normal approach” and doesn’t know why the crash occurred.
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