The National Transportation Safety Board was scheduled to provide an update on Thursday on the deadly airplane-helicopter crash over Washington, D.C. Watch live at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30 in the video player above.

Human error or mechanical error or a combination of both? Those are some of the questions the National Transportation Safety Board will look into to determine the cause of Wednesday night’s crash involving a CRJ twin engine passenger jet and a black hawk military helicopter over the Potomac River.

CBS News confirmed only one air traffic control worker was managing the helicopters when the crash between a military helicopter and passenger plane occurred in Washington D.C. That is a job normally done by two people.

More than 60 people were killed when an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Facing his first crisis just two days into the job, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy touted reforms sought by the president, who has lambasted DEI policies.

The fatal midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter followed a string of near misses at airports over the last several years.

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said Thursday at a press conference that “we look at facts on our investigation and that will take some time.”

Crews are recovering bodies from the Potomac River after a military helicopter and a commercial plane collided, killing all 67 people on board both aircraft.

Two people were handling the jobs of four inside Reagan National Airport’s control tower on Wednesday night, according to a government report.

Authorities believe there are no survivors in the accident, which happened as a regional passenger jet was attempting to land Wednesday night at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

WASHINGTON, DC (ANI)- A large-scale search operation is underway after a tragic mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, DC, on January 29 night. The collision resulted in both aircraft crashing into the Potomac River.

William Dunn, a former Marine Corps pilot, questions what the communication was between air traffic control, the plane and the helicopter.