A plane from Wichita that collided with a helicopter over the Potomac River was traveling a nonstop route established only a year ago, officials say.

Several coaches and skaters with the United States figure skating team were on the flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C., that crashed Wednesday night, according to U.S. Figure Skating. The flight is not believed to have any survivors.

Lily Wu, the mayor of Wichita, Kan., where the American Airlines flight originated, said the crash was “a true tragedy.” Other city officials said at the same news conference there was nothing abnormal about the jet’s departure.

Rescuers on a boat work next to the wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter, as the sun rises, at the site of the crash after it collided with the American Eagle flight 5342, which wa

In an emotional news conference, the mayor of Wichita, Kansas said her city is grieving the "tragic" plane collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter outside of Washington, DC Wednesday night.