Everything we know so far after horror mid-air collision as details of victims emerge - Authorities fear mass casualties as civil jet crashes into Black Hawk army helicopter

Dozens are feared dead after an American Airlines passenger jet collided in mid-air with a military helicopter. Reports in the US suggest at least 18 bodies have been recovered so far, with 64 people on the plane and three US soldiers in the helicopter.

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The crash of an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday highlighted issues around the congested airspace shared by civilian and military aircraft over the U.