Investigators have recovered the black boxes from the American Airlines jet that collided with a US Army helicopter near Washington, DC, killing all 67 people on board.

More information about the passenger jet collision with the Army helicopter has come into the newsroom.

The American Airlines jet was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members when it collided with Black Hawk Army helicopter built by Connecticut's Sikorsky.

The FAA and NTSB have launched an investigation into how an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls the deadly aircraft collision involving a Black Hawk and a civilian airliner "a tragedy" in a statement obtained exclusively by Fox News.

A Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter of the US Army was involved in the mid-air collision with an American Airlines plane

A Black Hawk helicopter can transport up to "12 fully equipped, seated troops in combat," according to Lockheed Martin, the weapons company that builds the helicopter. There are about 5,000 of these helicopters in use by the United States Military.

Military spokesman Ron McLendon II said the Army is joining an investigation into the crash headed by the National Transportation Security Board.

A tragic mid-air collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter in US has resulted in the deaths of 67 people.

A teenage figure skater who was aboard the doomed American Airlines flight that came crashing down in flames Wednesday night shared her hopes to represent Team USA in a video before her tragic death.

What we know so far about the mid-air collision near Reagan Airport - Questions remain over the mid-air collision between a jet, which was carrying 64 people, including the crew, and a military helico