Teams are seeking to retrieve the wreckage of the jet that collided with a helicopter on approach. US President Donald Trump has attracted criticism for using the tragedy to launch a political attack.

Divers have recovered the black boxes from the plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington DC after colliding with a helicopter. Washington's fire divers aim to "salvage the aircraft" and find additional components as the recovery option resumes today.

More than 60 people were killed when an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an aircraft collision near Washington, D.C., late Wednesday in which a regional passenger flight plunged into the Potomac River.

The National Transportation Safety Board is leading an investigation into how the American Airlines plane collided with the military helicopter.

Investigators plan to push forward on Friday with efforts to retrieve the two aircraft involved in a crash in Washington that killed 67 people and raised questions about air safety in the U.S. capital.

The National Transportation Safety Board provides an update on the Washington, D.C., plane and helicopter crash and the next steps in the investigation.

The FAA report revealed that a single controller was responsible for both managing helicopters in the airport's vicinity and directing arriving and departing planes