A plane from Wichita that collided with a helicopter over the Potomac River was traveling a nonstop route established only a year ago, officials say.

In an emotional news conference, the mayor of Wichita, Kansas said her city is grieving the "tragic" plane collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter outside of Washington, DC Wednesday night.

Wichita, Kansas, the city from where an American Airlines jet departed Wednesday with 64 people on board before crashing midair with a U S Army helicopter carrying three soldiers near Reagan National

Gold medalist Brian Boitano said his “heart breaks” for those impacted by the American Airlines flight 5342 crash after a memorable week in Wichita, his mother’s hometown

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

An American Airlines flight that departed from Wichita, Kansas, on Wednesday collided with a military helicopter at Reagan National Airport.

Wichita's Eisenhower National Airport experienced passenger growth and American Airlines added a direct flight to DC a year before the deadly crash.

The two cities involved in the crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 will be 'forever' linked, according to Wichita, Kan. Mayor Lily Wu.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran has flown from Wichita to Washington, D.C., dozens of times. He will now have hearings on what went wrong in Wednesday's crash.

A Wichita pastor, plus people in Washington, DC, are sharing what they saw and heard regarding the Wednesday night plane crash, plus how to cope with the tragedy.

Air traffic control received no response from a military Black Hawk helicopter seconds before colliding with an American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C.