Tragedy On The Potomac.

An American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter causing both to careen into the Potomac with no survivors expected. (CNN)

There are not believed to be any survivors from the midair collision over the Potomac River, and rescuers are now conducting a recovery operation, DC Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said.

“We are now at a point where we’re switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation. At this point, we don’t believe there are any survivors from this accident,” he said in a Thursday morning news conference.

Twenty-seven bodies had been recovered from the passenger jet, and one had been recovered from the military helicopter, Donnelly confirmed.

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