CBS News confirmed only one air traffic control worker was managing the helicopters when the crash between a military helicopter and passenger plane occurred in Washington D.C. That is a job normally done by two people.

Latest news and live updates after an American Airline jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said Thursday at a press conference that “we look at facts on our investigation and that will take some time.”

Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.

The leadership of the National Transportation Safety Board held a news conference Thursday afternoon to talk about the investigation into a midair collision involving a commuter jet

Passengers aboard a flight from New Orleans to Washington, D.C., witnessed a mid-air collision involving a Blackhawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet near Reagan National Airport.

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held their first press conference Thursday afternoon following a deadly collision just outside of Reagan National Airport (DCA) on Wednesday night.

The National Transportation Safety Board will be holding its first briefing into the investigation of the deadly American Airlines plane crash in Washington, DC. Click to watch.

A deadly plane crash over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. canceled flights to and from Ronald Reagan National Airport overnight. The airport reopened around 11 a.m. Thursday, as the search continues for the 64 people on board the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.

Two of Reagan National Airport’s air traffic controllers were doing double duty Wednesday night, according to a government report.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said the midair collision should not have happened, and vowed reforms to "make sure that these mistakes do not happen again and again." The cause of the crash is under investigation.

The airport’s website, flycha.com, now features a new Kayak tool called FlyMyAirport, which allows people to search and purchase tickets on the Chattanooga Airport’s website between any cities. The push has already helped raise immediate seat purchases by 42 percent, the marketing team told the group.