See what happened in DC plane crash with helicopter in visual timeline

Rescue officials say there are no survivors after a commercial passenger jet attempting to land at a Washington, D.C., airport collided in midair with a U.S. Army helicopter, sending both aircraft into the icy Potomac River shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday.

A total of 67 people were on the two aircraft. At least 27 bodies from the plane and one from the helicopter have been recovered, Washington D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said.

“We don’t believe there are any survivors from this accident,” Donnelly said.

American Eagle Flight No. 5342 carrying 60 passengers and four crew members from Wichita, Kansas, was landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when it collided with an Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with three soldiers on board.

Cause of the collision is still unknown. Investigators are searching the aircraft wreckage.

Video of plane and helicopter crash in Washington, D.C.

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