Tragic balance after the crash. "Probably everyone died"

Probably all the passengers of the plane who were on Wednesday night for Thursday are dead. He collided with a military helicopter. near the Washington airport, said John Donnelly, head of the U.S. Fire Department at a press conference.

He added that from the Potomac River to which both machines fell, bodies of at least 27 victims were recovered from a passenger plane and 1 victim from a helicopter.

“The cold and windy weather in Washington, D.C., makes it highly hard for rescuers to work,” Donnelly said.

At night from Wednesday to Thursday, the Bombardier CRJ 700 line of American Airlines, operated by PSA lines, flying from Wichita, He collided with a helicopter. UH-60 Black Hawk just outside the Ronald Reagan Airport runway in Arlington, Washington.

On board a passenger aircraft There were 64 people, including 4 crew members, while 3 soldiers were on the helicopter.

Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs responded to the tragedy that occurred in the US.

‘We're shocked. a tragic crash of a passenger aircraft and chopper close Washington's Reagan National Airport," reported. “In these hard moments we pass My deepest condolences families of victims and the full nation" - reads the Communication of the Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs on platform X.

President Andrzej Duda besides spoke.

"I am profoundly upset about the tragic plane crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. My thoughts and prayers are with families and close victims," he wrote. Prior to the tragedy, the Prime Minister commented Donald Tusk. "Today we are all with the American people at this tragic moment," wrote the head of the Polish government.

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