U.S. figure skater Spencer Lane, 16, shared a photo from inside American Eagle Flight 5342 before it took off from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., where it crashed into a helicopter mid-air.

Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River. 78 passengers, cabin crew members and motorists died. Just five people survived, and only three are still alive to witness news of the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.

A horrifying near-miss between a passenger plane and helicopter in Washington DC reportedly took place just 24 hours before the American Airlines crash killed 67 people.

The rising young figure skater from Barrington, R.I. had thousands of social media followers. On TikTok Wednesday, he posted a last video of himself executing a triple toe loop while in Wichita, Kan.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

At about 9pm local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday, an inbound American Airlines aircraft (flight 5342), manufactured by the Canadian firm Bombardier, collided with a Sikorsky Black Hawk army helicopter as it approached the Ronald Reagan airport, located along the Potomac River southwest of Washington, DC.

A teenage figure skater who was killed when a helicopter crashed into American Airlines flight 5342 on Wednesday shared a now-haunting image from the plane.

A airplane and military helicopter collided in Washington, D.C., before plunging into the Potomac River. Here's who was on board, flight path and more.