Kansas elected officials issued statements on Thursday morning following the tragic midair crash between a commercial plane that had taken off from Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita and an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night in Washington,

An American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C. was involved in a crash near Reagan Airport Wednesday night.

The two cities involved in the crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 will be 'forever' linked, according to Wichita, Kan. Mayor Lily Wu.

Following a tragic mid-air collision near Reagan National Airport, officials including Mayor Muriel Bowser, President Trump and others offer condolences.

Several members' of the U.S. Figure Skating team were onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter over Washington, D.C., the governing body said in a statement.

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

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

The victims include figure skaters, family members and coaches who had been attending a national training camp for top young skaters in Kansas. Among the victims were Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov,

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

Mayor Lily Wu choked up as she responded to the news that a plane that departed from Wichita on Wednesday night collided with a helicopter in Washington, D.C. Authorities say that there are likely no survivors.

Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.