As many as 18 bodies have been recovered after an American Airlines jet crashed with a US Army chopper near Washington DC.

A man anxiously waited at Washington D.C.’s Reagan National Airport, his heart heavy with concern for a loved one aboard the ill-fated American Airlines flight.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the passenger aircraft involved was PSA-operated Flight 5342 for American Airlines, which had departed from Wichita, Kansas. The airline ...