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Joel Guinto and James FitzGerald BBC News No survivors are expected after a passenger plane collided in midair with a helicopter near Washington DC’s Ronald Reagan airport on Wednesday evening. The plane was carrying 64 passengers and crew when it crashed into the Potomac River after the collision. The helicopter had three people on board, who were labelled a “fairly ...

By Bernd Debusmann Jr, BBC News, Washington Several American Airlines employees have been put on leave for their involvement in an incident in which black passengers were removed from a flight after a complaint about body odour. Three passengers filed a lawsuit against the carrier in May, alleging racial discrimination in the 5 January incident. In a note to employees, ...