Three flights from Southwest Florida International Airport into Washington D.C. have been canceled Thursday morning after an American Airlines passenger plane collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night.
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Three flights from RSW to Ronald Reagan Airport (DCA) were canceled, according to the departures page on RSW's website :
- 11:54 a.m. - American Airlines flight 3785
- 1:29 p.m. - American Airlines flight 3690
- 6:39 p.m. - American Airlines flight 5347
Officials near Washington, D.C. fear there are no survivors of the mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport.
The crash has prompted a large search-and-rescue operation in the Potomac River near DCA. A passenger jet and military helicopter collided midair shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday.
60 passengers and four crew members were onboard the plane. As of 5:50 a.m., it is unknown how many fatalities there are or if there are any survivors, but the Hearst Television National Investigative Unit has learned that at least two bodies have been recovered from the river.
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