Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser held a press conference early on Thursday (January 30) to address the mid-air collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday (January 29). - REUTERS
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00:00All we can confirm tonight is the number of people on each aircraft, 64 people on the American Airlines plane and three people on the military helicopter.
00:13We can't provide any more information about recovery efforts.
00:17The focus now is rescuing people and that's what all of our personnel are focused on.
00:24This is an active operation that's going to last many hours as we continue to work through recovery efforts and rescue operations.
00:32This will be ongoing for quite a while.
00:35Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and our communities and we appreciate all D.C.'s support to our agency and our federal partners.