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

The wreckage was recovered one week after a deadly collision with a passenger jet near Washington that killed 67 people.

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.

A key safety system was turned off in a US army helicopter when it crashed into an American Airlines flight last week, killing 67 people.

Data from air traffic control radar showed the military chopper was flying at 300 feet on the air traffic control display at the time of the fiery crash, according to the NTSB.

Sixty-four people aboard a commercial airliner died Wednesday after it collided with a military helicopter midair near Reagan Washington National Airport. Both the American Eagle jet and Army Black Hawk are in the Potomac River.

The Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger plane near Washington, D.C., was drilling mysterious 'continuity of government' plans.

This data point is one of several key mysteries investigators are exploring as they seek to explain what caused the nation's worst air disaster in more than a decade, aviation experts said.

He indicated 27 bodies had been recovered from the airplane, and one from the helicopter.