People gathered in Wichita on Thursday to mourn the victims who died when a passenger plane and an Army helicopter collided near Washington, D.C.

It's been confirmed that no survivors have been found following a midair collision Wednesday night near D.C.'s Reagan National Airport between an American Airlines flight that departed from Wichita and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter.

Multiple figure skaters and coaches who took part in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were reportedly aboard an airplane that crashed above Washington D.C.

The plane collided with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

The District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department said on its social media accounts that it was responding to an apparent airplane crash in the Potomac River.

The science behind the temperatures? Water transfers heat away from the body 25 times faster than air, according to Johnson. On Wednesday night, the Potomac River water temperature, specifically the body of water around Hanes Point and Reagan National Airport, was 35 degrees Fahrenheit.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A plane from Wichita appeared to collide with a helicopter near Washington, D.C. and has landed in the Potomac River.

Officials believe there are no survivors after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River below,

Kansas public officials offered condolences Thursday for the nearly 70 people killed in a collision between a passenger jet from Wichita and a military helicopter near Washington, and at least one state lawmaker denounced those who have politicized the tragedy.

Officials from the national figure skating organization and East Coast-based clubs confirmed that skaters, coaches and family members were among those lost in Wednesday's crash.

A passenger jet carrying around 60 in a direct flight from Wichita collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter near the Potomac River.