At least 30 bodies were recovered from the Potomac River, local media has reported, after a passenger jet collided with a military helicopter on Thursday. The American Airlines plane was carrying 64 people – 60 passengers and four crew members – and three soldiers were onboard the US army Black Hawk helicopter. All takeoffs and landings from Ronald Reagan Washington airport were halted as emergency services searched the river for survivors. World champion Russian figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were confirmed to be onboard the American Airlines flight