Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

DALLAS — Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board will likely be studying three main elements as they try to pinpoint the cause of the mid-air collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and the U.S. Army helicopter on Wednesday night.