There are no expected survivors after American Airlines Eagle Flight 5342 collided with a UH-60 U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C, News.az reports citing Rollingstone .

Russian ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were reportedly on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday night.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday extended condolences over a deadly plane-helicopter collision in Washington, DC.

A passenger plane carrying 64 people collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter, which had three people on board, over Washington, D.C. A Pentagon official told CNN that the helicopter belongs to the US Army, News.az reports.

A tragic mid-air collision occurred near Washington, D.C., when a passenger plane and a military helicopter crashed into the river below. Emergency crews are currently conducting search and rescue operations. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed that the American Airlines flight was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, while three people were aboard the military helicopter.