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Washington DC air crash: What we know

Emergency units respond after a passenger aircraft collided with a helicopter in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. [AFP]

A US commercial airliner with 64 people aboard and a military helicopter collided over Washington on Wednesday before crashing into the Potomac River, triggering a massive rescue operation that has pulled multiple bodies from the near-freezing water.

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