What we know so far:

There were 60 passengers and four crew members on board the aircraft.

There were three Army Soldiers aboard the Black Hawk helicopter, @7newsDC has learned.

Video shows plane collide with Black Hawk Helicopter near DC's Reagan National Airport An American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter crashing into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport (DCA) Wednesday night.

BREAKING: Search and rescue is underway after an American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter near DC's Reagan National Airport around 9 pm. wjla.com/news/local/g...

Really disheartened that these will be my first notes on blue sky. Here goes: