The plane crash that occurred over the Potomac River in Washington DC is learnt to have claimed several lives. There were 60 passengers and four crew members on the passenger jet that crashed, as per CBS.

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

Wreckage from the midair collision near Reagan National Airport is being removed Monday from the Potomac River as officials still look for 12 victims.

The remains of all 67 victims of last week's midair collision of an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., have been recovered, authorities said Tuesday. The chief medical examiner is still trying to positively identify one set of remains,