In an emotional news conference, the mayor of Wichita, Kansas said her city is grieving the "tragic" plane collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter outside of Washington, DC Wednesday night.

Rescuers on a boat work next to the wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter, as the sun rises, at the site of the crash after it collided with the American Eagle flight 5342, which wa

Lily Wu, the mayor of Wichita, Kan., where the American Airlines flight originated, said the crash was “a true tragedy.” Other city officials said at the same news conference there was nothing abnormal about the jet’s departure.