The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board plan to brief senators Thursday on last week's midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter near Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport that killed 67,

Authorities believe there are no survivors in the accident, which happened as a regional passenger jet was attempting to land Wednesday night at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

At least 30 bodies have been pulled from the crash scene in the Washington DC area after a passenger plane collided in mid-air with a helicopter, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News. The plane was carrying 64 passengers and crew when it landed in the Potomac River after the collision.

Crews are trying to recover the plane’s cockpit and the rest of the remains of the 67 people who died in the midair collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter near the nation’s capital last

Crews spent the weekend positioning cranes and other key equipment following last week's deadly plane crash near Washington, D.C.

Data retrieved from an investigation into a collision last week between an American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington that killed 67 people will be released on Tuesday,