An expert believes that because a civilian aircraft and military chopper were involved in the air tragedy, the investigation may be as comprehensive as any in history.

The pilot of the American Airlines aircraft involved in the deadly air collision in Washington, D.C., is a Florida graduate. RELATED: Collision between passenger jet and Army helicopter near DC kills 67 Sign up for our Newsletters Captain Jonathan Campos graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2015.

The captain flying the plane with 64 aboard was schooled in Florida. A Blackhawk helicopter collided with Flight 5342 near Ronald Reagan airport.

The deadly crash in the Potomac after an American Eagle jet collided with a military helicopter has stirred memories of a long-ago tragedy in Washington, D.C. An Air Florida flight taking off en route to Fort Lauderdale crashed into a bridge and tumbled into the icy Potomac in January 1982.

Multiple people with ties to Florida and Georgia were onboard a plane that crashed after colliding with a military helicopter near Washington D.C. Wednesday Night, including the crew. Our Orlando Station, WFTV, has obtained information that Captain Jonathan Campos trained at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach.

Because of the tragic incident, Ronald Reagan National Airport will remain closed until at least 11 a.m. on Thursday.

Three flights from RSW into Washington D.C.'s DCA have been canceled Thursday after an American Airlines passenger plane collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night.

Several federal and state investigations have been launched after an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and fell into the Potomac River,

The aircraft experienced difficulty climbing and stalled, striking the 14th Street Bridge and crashing into the ice-covered Potomac.

The midair collision over the Potomac River on Wednesday brings back chilling memories of another tragedy in the same waters more than four decades ago—when Air Florida Flight 90, bound for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport,

A jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.