A passenger aircraft carrying 64 people collided mid-air with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport, just outside Washington, DC, as it approached the runway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and defence officials.

Fatalities have been confirmed, and rescuers have not yet recovered any survivors from the water, a law enforcement source said. The source stated that the plane is in pieces in the water, with the helicopter also submerged nearby.

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