WICHITA, Kan. ( KWCH /Gray News) - As families and communities continue to identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., there’s now news that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among the 67 people who were killed.

Governor Laura Kelly on Thursday ordered flags throughout the state to be flown at half-staff immediately until sundown on Thursday, February 6, to honor those who lost their lives in

Investigators have recovered the black boxes from the American Airlines jet involved in a mid-air collision with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C.

The ice skating community in Maryland and nationwide is reeling in the aftermath of a deadly mid-air collision involving a passenger jet carrying 64 people.

As many as 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, and the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying three soldiers. There were no survivors.

Teenager figure skaters, world champions, and a pilot planning his wedding were among the 67 people killed when a passenger plane and an army helicopter collided.

The mid-air collision between the American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter near Washington DC claimed the lives of 67 people, including talented young figure skaters

Why did the Washington DC plane and helicopter crash happen? Everything we know so far about the US air disaster - Authorities fear mass casualties as civil jet crashes into Black Hawk army helicopter

During a press conference on Thursday morning, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the crash was "absolutely" preventable.

American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk collided in Washington, D.C. Authorities believe all 67 on board both aircraft died.

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