After an all-night search-and-rescue operation in frigid conditions and heavy winds on the icy Potomac, officials pivoted Thursday morning to recovery operations.

Officials said Thursday morning they did not believe anyone survived the crash, meaning all 64 people aboard the plane and three soldiers in the helicopter are likely dead. As of

No survivors are expected after a passenger plane collided in mid air with a helicopter near Washington DC on Wednesday evening, officials in the US say. The plane was carrying 64 passengers and crew when it landed in the Potomac River after the collision,

Fatal crashes of commercial aircraft in the U.S. have become a rarity. The last was in 2009 near Buffalo, New York.