An American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C. was involved in a crash near Reagan Airport Wednesday night.

A 20-year-old Wichita woman was among the 60 passengers of Flight 5342, her father said. Grace Maxwell, a Wichita native, was on her way back to college when the American Airlines jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

The plane collided with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

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.

A plane from Wichita that collided with a helicopter over the Potomac River was traveling a nonstop route established only a year ago, officials say.

A passenger jet carrying around 60 in a direct flight from Wichita collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter near the Potomac River.

Wichita, Kansas, the city from where an American Airlines jet departed Wednesday with 64 people on board before crashing midair with a U S Army helicopter carrying three soldiers near Reagan National

An American Airlines flight that departed from Wichita, Kansas, on Wednesday collided with a military helicopter at Reagan National Airport.

The victims include figure skaters, family members and coaches who had been attending a national training camp for top young skaters in Kansas. Among the victims were Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov,

Wichita's Eisenhower National Airport experienced passenger growth and American Airlines added a direct flight to DC a year before the deadly crash.