Jo Ellis was not flying the helicopter. The Army identified the Black Hawk crew as Ryan Austin O’Hara, Andrew Loyd Eaves and Rebecca M. Lobach.

The Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the fatal midair collision in Washington, D.C., had a tracking system turned off, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said.

Victims' families gathered near the site where a plane and copter collided and fell into the Potomac River. 'They are all hurt,' an official said.

The wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into a plane above the Potomac River has been recovered from the water. Footage captured by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the recovery of a Sikorsky UH-60 military helicopter from the river near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on 7.