What we know about the American Airlines plane and Army helicopter crash over D.C.’s Potomac River

A passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter that collided in midair Wednesday and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., left no survivors. Some of the 67 victims have been identified as more details about led up to the incident start to emerge.

The plane, American Eagle Flight No. 5342, a regional jetliner, was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members on a flight from Wichita, Kansas. There were three soldiers aboard the U.S. Army’s Sikorsky H-60, a Defense Department official told CBS News.

At least 41 bodies had been recovered as of Friday, National Transportation Safety Board officials said. The NTSB is expected to provide another update Saturday afternoon.

District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Chief John Donnelly earlier said that efforts at the scene had switched from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.

Here’s what we know so far about the crash:

What happened?

American Eagle Flight No. 5342, which was operated by PSA Airlines,…