The collision involved a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

It was Trump's first press conference after a plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter.

American Eagle Flight 5342 en route from Wichita, Kansas (ICT), to Washington, D.C. (DCA) was involved in an accident at DCA.

President Donald Trump called the crash a "tragedy of terrible proportions." "Our hearts are shattered," Trump said in a press briefing at the White House, after holding a moment of silence. "Our ...