More than 60 people are presumed dead after an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter crashed midair near Washington, D.C, Wednesday evening, officials have said.Flight 5342 from Kansas was on the final approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport when it collided with the Black Hawk helicopter before exploding a huge fireball.

American Airlines jet and Army Black Hawk over Potomac River. 41 bodies recovered; wreckage search ongoing. NTSB investigates helicopter deviation, air traffic control staffing. Both black boxes found;

Recovery crews could be seen pulling the American Airlines' plane wreckage out of Washington DC's Potomac River on Monday. Sixty passengers and four crew members were on the American Airlines flight and three soldiers on the Black Hawk helicopter.