Kansas officials are sharing what they know after an American Airlines flight that departed from Wichita crashed in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night.

The plane collided with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

Outside City Hall in downtown Wichita, Kansas roses and a teddy bear were laid in remembrance of the lives lost in the plane crash in Washington D.C. They were placed here after a prayer vigil inside earlier Thursday where faith leaders shared words of encouragement to the community.

As families and communities identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., we’re learning that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among the 67 people dead.

A community prayer vigil was held in Wichita, Kansas in the wake of a deadly crash between a passenger jet from Wichita and an Army helicopter.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly ordered that flags be immediately lowered to half-staff in mourning of the deadly airplane crash.

Update: Late Wednesday night, CBS News reported that crews recovered at least 18 bodies after an inbound American Airlines flight from Wichita crashed with a military helicopter near Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport.

Officials from Wichita, Kansas provide updates on the deadly plane crash at DCA. In order to enable safe flight, airspace is split into categories ranging from very tightly controlled areas around airports to other zones – mostly rural – where rules are much more relaxed.