An airplane collided with a helicopter while trying to land at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said.

( MENAFN - IANS) Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) US President Donald trump said that he is monitoring the plane crash that occurred over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport in Washington.

A frantic search for survivors is underway after a passenger plane collided with a US Army helicopter midair near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC Wednesday night.

Hundreds of responders have removed at least 28 bodies from the icy waters of the Potomac River after a deadly plane crash, according to officials as of Thursday morning.

Multiple 911 callers reported the crash near the river just before 8:55 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department and the District of Columbia Fire and EMS.

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Federal authorities are asking questions as to how the collision between an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter could have occurred.

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

Around 4 p.m. Thursday at Reagan National Airport, all four TVs at the U Street Pub in Terminal 2 were streaming live coverage of the fatal plane crash that occurred just outside the windows the previous night.

A deadly midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter near the nation's capital is bringing renewed focus on the federal agency charged with investigating aviation disasters.

The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent federal agency tasked with examining serious transport-related accidents.