An American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided Wednesday night near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

The black box from the military helicopter that crashed into a passenger jet over Washington DC has been recovered, transport safety chiefs have said.

CCTV footage from two angles showed the Bombardier CRJ700 airline slowly approaching the runway, its lights shining brightly against the night sky, before the chopper suddenly hits it.

The National Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered a cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the ...