Breaking News: No survivors in plane crash at Washington's Reagan airport, authorities say

No survivors in plane crash at Washington's Reagan airport, authorities say
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No survivors in plane crash at Washington's Reagan airport, authorities say

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.

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