A search and rescue mission is underway in the Potomac River after a military helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional aircraft near Washington, D.C.

He indicated 27 bodies had been recovered from the airplane, and one from the helicopter.

The Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines commuter plane near Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia Wednesday was on a “training flight” when they crashed into the Potomac River, according to the military service branch.