UPDATE ON MIDAIR COLLISION.
The passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport.
The plane, American Eagle Flight No. 5342, a regional jetliner, was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members.
There were three soldiers aboard the Sikorsky H-60.
More than thirty bodies recovered so far.
It is believed no one survived.
The process underway to identify the deceased.
We do know several members of the U.S. Figure Skating team were among the passengers.
In addition, Russian former world figure skating champions and coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.
***Initial reports were incorrect.
Their son Maxim was NOT on the plane.
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