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.

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

A community prayer vigil was held in Wichita, Kansas in the wake of a deadly crash between a passenger jet from Wichita and an Army helicopter.

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

Wichita's love and strength has been pushing through the pain of Wednesday night's tragic plane, helicopter crash 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.

WICHITA, Kan. ( KWCH /Gray News) - As families and communities continue to identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., there’s now news that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among the 67 people who were killed.

Duggins' family said that she was returning to Washington D.C. after spending time with her mother during a surgical procedure

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The deaths came after the passenger jet was preparing to land shortly before 9 p.m. at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after flying from Wichita,

By Alaa Elassar, Zenebou Sylla, Samantha Waldenberg, Lauren Mascarenhas, Dalia Faheid, Lex Harvey, Amanda Jackson, Taylor Galgano, Kia Fatahi and Teele Rebane, CNN

An American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided Wednesday night near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.