A dozen or more elite figure skaters were onboard the American Eagle flight that collided midair with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night, officials said.

The athletes were flying from Wichita, Kan. to Washington D.C. on American Eagle Flight 5342 when the crash occurred around 9 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said.

In 2017 the American Eagle CRJ-900 in this weeks accident struck a deer on takeoff in 2017 but has safely carried millions of passengers since then.

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An American Airlines jet carrying 64 people collided Wednesday with a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, with no survivors expected.

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

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

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom provided an update on Flight 5342 before departing to Washington, D.C. Carnival Cruise Line has a warning for passengers while its sister line Princess Cruises fights another norovirus outbreak.

Transgender pilot Jo Ellis is rumored to have been involved in the American Airlines flight and Black Hawk collision.

World champion figure skaters, a pilot planning his wedding and teenaged skaters seen as the "future of the sport" were among the 67 victims of the

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