The Wichita, Kansas, community came together at City Hall on Thursday afternoon for a groupwide prayer for the victims of the Jan. 29 plane crash in Washington D.C.

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.

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

The plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., was carrying an unknown number of passengers from the figure skating community, including Russian husband-and-wife world champions. Wichita, Kansas, had hosted several high-profile skating events in recent days.

A passenger jet carrying around 60 in a direct flight from Wichita collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter near the Potomac River.

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

The crash of an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter was the latest to strike the sports world in the U.S. and globally.

Everly and Alydia Livingston are among the figure skaters killed when an American Airlines flight collided with a Black Hawk helicopter

Questions continue to surround the American Airlines crash in Washington, D.C. Six-four people were on board the flights from Wichita, Kansas and three soldiers were on the Army helicopter that collided with the jet.

US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, there have been warning signs in recent years of a significant risk of a collision like the one that just killed 67 people.