Wichita, Kansas Jet Crashes In Potomac After Black Hawk Collision

A regional story from Kansas dominates headlines around the word overnight and into the early morning. 

Updated note . . . 

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Here are the basics and more info that we updated at about 3 in the AM . . .

The jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, smashed into a military Blackhawk helicopter while on approach to an airport runway.

"A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m. local time," the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The plane, operated by American Airlines, had taken off from Wichita, Kansas, the FAA said.

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