DC plane crash: What to know after midair collision

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An American Airlines plane colliding with a military helicopter over the Potomac River this week left 67 people dead and the Washington area stunned.

The incident was the first commercial airline plane crash in the United States since 2009, when a Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane stalled and crashed in Buffalo, New York.

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