Several killed as a result of a collision between a US passenger plane and a helicopter

Reuters: An American Airlines passenger plane collided with a helicopter while approaching the runway at Reagan Airport.

Reuters quotes American Airlines as saying that 60 passengers are expected to be on board the crashed plane near Reagan Airport in Washington.

Fox News quoted the US military: Three soldiers were present in the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with the passenger plane.

The commercial airliner that collided with a military helicopter had 64 people on board.

The Washington Post, citing sources familiar with the matter, said police pulled the bodies of a number of passengers out of the river.