![]() | CNN - A frantic search for survivors is underway after a passenger plane collided with a US Army helicopter midair near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC Wednesday night. Emergency personnel are conducting search and rescue efforts in the freezing Potomac River, where the plane crashed. A law enforcement source said there have been confirmed fatalities, but did not specify how many. There were 64 people on board the plane and the three soldiers in the Army helicopter, according to American Airlines and a US defense official. [link] [comments] |