Washington, D.C., plane crash: What we know so far

Despite local media reports saying four people have been found alive, DC's fire chief has told the press: Department officials continue rescue efforts while they determine whether anyone made it out alive from the aircraft.

Search and rescue authorities now deploy extensive operations to recover survivors from the aviation crash involving a military helicopter and commercial plane in Washington, DC.

During its terminal approach toward Reagan Washington National Airport, the American Airlines commercial flight carrying sixty passengers and four crew members suddenly intersected a military aircraft transporting three soldiers.