Kansas officials are sharing what they know after an American Airlines flight that departed from Wichita crashed in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night.

A passenger jet carrying around 60 in a direct flight from Wichita collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter near the Potomac River.

The Wichita skating community is reeling after several figure skaters, along with their coaches and parents, were among those killed in a midair collision.

The flight that took off from Wichita, only to meet disaster in Washington, has reminded some residents of past crashes that broke their city’s heart.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A plane from Wichita appeared to collide with a helicopter near Washington, D.C. and has landed in the Potomac River.

Grace Maxwell, a student at Cedarville University in Greene County, and Elizabeth Anne Keys, a Cincinnati native, were among 67 killed in plane crash.

The plane collided with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

Multiple figure skaters and coaches who took part in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were reportedly aboard an airplane that crashed above Washington D.C.

Sixty-seven people are presumed dead after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River below,

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

An airplane collided with a helicopter while trying to land at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said.

The plane collided with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.