Washington plane crash: No survivors found after collision with helicopter

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Emergency personnel on Jan. 30 work at the site of the crash after a Black Hawk helicopter and an passenger plane collided and crashed in the Potomac River, outside Washington. © Reuters

KEN MORIYASU

WASHINGTON -- No survivors are expected after a passenger plane and a military helicopter carrying a total of 67 people collided over the Potomac River in Washington, officials told reporters Thursday.

"At this point, we don't believe there are any survivors from this accident. We have recovered 27 people from the plane and one from the helicopter," John Donnelly, the District of Columbia fire and emergency medical services chief, said at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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