Wisconsin Flight for Life pilot shares insights on air traffic control, safety systems, and human error risks in wake of fatal DC mid-air collision

Wisconsin lawmakers are voicing their condolences after more than 60 people were killed after an Army helicopter collided with a plane in Washington D.C. late Wednesday night.

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Authorities have yet to determine the official cause of the passenger jet and Army Black Hawk helicopter collision over the Potomac River.

Speed skaters preparing for the ISU World Cup at the Pettit National Ice Center in West Allis told WISN 12 News the tragedy has rocked the community.

The Army helicopter and regional American Eagle jet that collided over Washington are both workhorse aircraft that operate around the world on a daily basis.

American Airlines plans to expand its flights from Central Wisconsin Airport to O'Hare in Chicago, using new, larger jetliners.

American Airlines currently serves CWA using a 50-seat aircraft. American will then consistently offer three daily flights to its Chicago O’Hare hub (ORD). That starts April 4th. Then, the two new additions combine on June 5th, when all three daily American Airlines flights will be upgraded to the new airplanes.

Relatives of the victims are meeting with airline and National Transportation Safety Board officials and the Red Cross, police say

"Just the horror that the parents are going through. It just that blows me away. It makes me so sad for the families," said Joanne Kispert, 74, whose father died in the 2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New York in 2001.

United Airlines and American Airlines both added two additional flights to/from Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), on April 23 and 27.