We are learning more about some of the 67 victims aboard the American Eagle plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided near Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump says he's been "fully briefed" after a passenger jet collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.

A view of emergency response to Wednesday night’s fatal crash of a passenger jet landing at Reagan National Airport and an Army helicopter. The body of the plane was found upside-down in three sections in waist-deep water in the Potomac River.

Ari Schulman told CNN he witnessed a passenger airplane collide with an Army Black Hawk helicopter while driving on the George Washington Parkway on Wednesday night.

A Texas artist drove to the site of Wednesday’s deadly Potomac River crash to build a makeshift memorial to the 67 victims killed.

Residents and visitors were told to not touch or remove debris from the Potomac River, as the investigation into the midair D.C. plane crash remains ongoing.

As part of the investigation into the fatal air collision outside Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, authorities have started to identify the victims, and several are reportedly from Maryland.

The US president says the army Black Hawk involved in Wednesday's collision was above the 200ft altitude limit for helicopters.

One day before the midair crash in Washington, D.C., another collision was reportedly avoided near Reagan National Airport.

A number of figure skaters, their coaches and family members were on board the flight returning home from a training camp in Wichita, Kan., U.S. Figure Skating said. + Former world figure-skating cham

Officials say no survivors are expected after an American Airlines flight with 64 people onboard collided mid-air with a military helicopter Wednesday evening.