Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.

One onlooker said that he initially “didn’t think much of it” and thought the collision resembled “shooting stars.”

Hundreds of responders have removed at least 28 bodies from the icy waters of the Potomac River after a deadly plane crash, according to officials as of Thursday morning.

American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter are feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday.

Authorities shared a grim update on the collision involving an American Airlines passenger plane and a black hawk helicopter over Ronald Reagan International Airport in Washington, D.C.

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.

An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening. Three soldiers were onboard the helicopter and a massive search and rescue operation is now unfolding in the Potomac River.

One of the worst nightmares for travelers might have just happened. An American Airlines plane from Wichita, Kansas (Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport – ICT) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) appears to have crashed into the Potomac River.

A regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday evening, U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News.

An American Airlines flight collided with a helicopter in midair as it approached DCA on Wednesday, the FAA said.

According to the FAA, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided into a 60-passenger flight landing at DCA midair.

D.C. police confirmed a crash had taken place over the Potomac and that search and rescue operations were taking place in the river. Donald Trump later weighed in.