Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a former Blackhawk pilot, talked with CBS News' Nikole Killion about the midair collision of a plane and Blackhawk helicopter.

An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening. Three soldiers were onboard the helicopter and a massive search and rescue operation is now unfolding in the Potomac River.

The crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly collision with a jetliner had thousands of hours of flight experience.

The Black Hawk is a US Army workhorse helicopter. It has been flying for decades. One tragically collided with a passenger jet this week.

James Brauchle, an aviation attorney, told Fox News Digital that he expected litigation from the victims' families following the American Airlines aircraft and the Black Hawk helicopter crash.

An American Airlines jet collided midair with a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport. Four crew and 60 passengers were on board the plane.

Authorities are investigating a midair collision an American Airlines regional jet and a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

Southwest's CEO Bob Jordan said "our hearts go out" to people on the American Airlines flight involved in Wednesday night’s midair collision with a helicopter in the nation’s capital.

There were three soldiers aboard the Sikorsky H-60 Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight carrying 64 people outside Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Black Hawk was on a "routine" training flight at the time.

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Authorities believe there are no survivors in the accident, which happened as a regional passenger jet was attempting to land Wednesday night at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.