“Crash, crash, crash”: Air traffic controllers react as an American Airlines passenger jet carrying 64 people collides with a military Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.

Wichita's Eisenhower National Airport experienced passenger growth and American Airlines added a direct flight to DC a year before the deadly crash.

In the days after the tragic American Eagle Flight 5342 and U.S. Army Black Hawk collision, the Wichita community has stepped up to support those impacted by the crash.

That’s because American Airlines has retired that number after the deadly plane crash in Washington, D.C., said Jesse Romo, Wichita’s director of airports. But on Friday, Wednesday’s flight information was still on the departure screens at Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport.

An American Airlines flight going from Wichita to Washington, D.C., went down in the Potomac River after colliding with a military Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday. It comes just one year after Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport started offering nonstop flights to Washington.

Outside City Hall in downtown Wichita, Kansas roses and a teddy bear were laid in remembrance of the lives lost in the plane crash in Washington D.C. They were placed here after a prayer vigil inside earlier Thursday where faith leaders shared words of encouragement to the community.

More than 60 people are believed to be dead after a passenger plane collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night near Washington, D.C.

The two cities involved in the crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 will be 'forever' linked, according to Wichita, Kan. Mayor Lily Wu.

Wichita Mayor Lily Wu and Dwight D. Eisenhower Airport Director of Airports Jesse Romo provide update on Wichita flight that has crashed in Washington D.C.

American Airlines Flight 5342, a regional jet that had departed from Wichita and collided with a military helicopter on a training flight while on approach to Washington Reagan National Airport.

Jon Maravilla, the U.S. figure skater who was in Kansas with his teammates, said he was not allowed to board a plane because of his dog, but not the American Airlines flight that collided with a U.S.