A review of US Coast Guard participation in the response to the American Airlines Flight 5342 Crash with a US Army UH-60.

The U.S. Coast Guard released images taken Thursday of the wreckage of the helicopter and plane that collided. The photos from the Potomac River show parts of the aircraft sticking out of the water with parked planes visible on land in the background.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

In the immediate aftermath of the crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 , which was a service from Wichita (ICT) to Washington National (DCA) with 60 passengers and four crew members onboard, grainy CCTV footage of the incident emerged.

Recovery crews are now awaiting heavy machinery, including cranes, from the Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard and private contractors before they can extract additional victims, sources familiar with the operation told ABC News.

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.

This post was updated with additional information from the Navy. Search efforts continue in the Potomac River after an American Airlines plane with 60 passengers and four crew on board collided in midair with an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying three soldiers near Reagan National Airport outside Washington,

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The U.S. Coast Guard released images taken Thursday of the wreckage of the helicopter and plane that collided. The photos from the Potomac River show parts of the aircraft sticking out of the water with parked planes visible on land in the background.

A fatal collision between a military helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet near Washington Reagan National Airport has sparked a heated debate