Witnesses Describe The Horror Of American Airlines-Black Hawk Collision, Puing Falls Like A Fireball

ILLUSTRATION OF UNSPLASH/Joshua Hanson

JAKARTA - An eye witness to the American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 crash and a Black Hawk military helicopter on Wednesday evening local time saw debris like a fireball falling into the Potomac River.

I heard a loud explosion, I looked to the left, only a big fireball was seen and the debris fell towards the river. And my neighbor shouted, 'Oh my God, that's a plane!' ', said Roy Best to CNN's Kasie Hunt, Thursday, January 30 morning local crew.

The debris immediately fell. He said it was reported by CNN.

Best live in an apartment building in Crystal City near Reagan National Airport.

We saw police helicopters. We saw military helicopters going back and forth to bases, the Pentagon, and several different areas. You also have Coast Guard helicopters, so the airspace is quite busy," Best said.

The latest news, the police said that the bodies of 18 victims of the American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 crash with the Black Hawk helicopter were found.

Reuters told CBS News that a team of divers found one of two data recorders, called a black box, from an airplane. The plane crashed on the Potomac river near Washington's Reagan Airport, USA after colliding with a Black Hawk helicopter in the air.

The collision in the air occurred when a passenger jet, which was traveling from far away in Kansas, was about to land at Reagan. Radio communications between the air traffic control tower and Black Hawk show the helicopter crew knowing the plane is around the site.

Dozens of people are feared to have died after the American Airlines regional passenger jet with 64 people on board and the US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided and crashed on the very cold Potomac River near Washington's Reagan National Airport.

American Airlines confirmed 60 passengers and four crew members were on the jet. The helicopter, which was on a training flight, brought three soldiers, a US official said.