Horrific plane crash as military helicopter collides with passenger jet

A regional American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk military helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., Wednesday night in the first major commercial airline crash since 2009.

There are confirmed fatalities from the collision, law enforcement sources familiar with the ongoing operation told ABC News. Several bodies have been pulled from the Potomac River crash site, and so far, no survivors have been rescued, sources said.

There were 60 passengers and four crew members aboard the jet and three Army soldiers aboard the Black Hawk helicopter at the time of the crash.

The Black Hawk helicopter was on a training flight at the time, according to Heather Chairez, spokesperson for Joint Task Force-National Capital Region.