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American Airlines collision with Army helicopter is worst U.S. air disaster since 2001

The midair collision of a military helicopter and an American Airlines regional jetliner near Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night brings to an end a streak of commercial air travel safety that was unknown to previous generations.

It is the deadliest air disaster on U.S. soil in more than 20 years.

Officials said Thursday morning that they were changing from a recovery effort to a rescue effort and that there were no survivors. Washington's Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said 27 bodies have been recovered so far.

American Eagle Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport at an altitude of about 300 feet when a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter carrying three people collided with the commercial jetliner.

Sixty-four people — 60 passengers and four crew members — were on board the American flight. The flight was operated by American subsidiary carrier PSA Airlines. The plane was a Bombardier CRJ700, a regional jet used for shorter routes.

Rescuers had raced to recover passengers from the frigid waters of the Potomac River on Wednesday night, but local officials said conditions were challenging due to high winds.

The U.S. has gone years without a fatal commercial airline crash. The last deadly U.S. commercial passenger airline crash occurred in February 2009 when Continental Flight 3407 crashed into a house as it was arriving in Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 people aboard and one person on the ground.

The crash of that turboprop aircraft prompted federal regulations requiring more rest and training for pilots.

The deadliest incident in recent memory was American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 that crashed in November 2001 shortly after it took off from

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