Representing Kansans in Washington, D.C., Senators Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran were among those who spoke at the Reagan National Airport as federal and local officials provided updates on Wednesday night’s air crash involving an inbound American Airlines flight from Wichita and a Black Hawk helicopter.

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Sen. Roger Marshall, Kansas Republican, wants to know why a military helicopter that crashed into a commercial jet carrying passengers from his state was allowed to occupy the same airspace without the ability to directly communicate with the civilian airplanes.

An American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C. was involved in a crash near Reagan Airport Wednesday night.

U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall said Thursday afternoon that they have not been told who was on the flight from Wichita that crashed in DC.

The crash on Wednesday night near Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport involved an American Airlines flight from Wichita and a Black Hawk helicopter. No one is believed to have survived the crash.

Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said the Wednesday’s plane crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport that left dozens dead is an “unbearable sorrow.” “When one person dies, it’s a

Update: Late Wednesday night, CBS News reported that crews recovered at least 18 bodies after an inbound American Airlines flight from Wichita crashed with a military helicopter near Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport.

A jet containing 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter carrying at least three people on Wednesday, likely killing all on board.

Members of Congress expressed concerns about air congestion in an area where a commercial passenger jet collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River.

Authorities in Washington, D.C., are continuing their grim recovery operation after an American Airlines regional passenger jet flying from Kansas collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter.