The archbishops of Washington and Baltimore offered prayers on Thursday after a deadly plane crash near downtown Washington, D.C.

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The flight, coming from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, was about to land at Reagan and was diverted moments after the collision. The plane headed northeast and landed 27 minutes later in Baltimore,

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,