A plane from Wichita that collided with a helicopter over the Potomac River was traveling a nonstop route established only a year ago, officials say.

The NTSB may also take custody of victims’ personal effects but will return them to designated family members. You can call the board’s Transportation Disaster Assistance division at the above number for personal effect inquiries. D.C. area coroners will likely handle victim identification.

Rescuers on a boat work next to the wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter, as the sun rises, at the site of the crash after it collided with the American Eagle flight 5342, which wa