Channel 9 is learning that victims, who tragically died in the Washington, D.C., mid-air collision, have connections to the Charlotte area.A PSA Airlines flight crew based in Charlotte was in the crash involving an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington,

Wendy Shaffer “was the heart of her family” with a “warm, loving home filled with laughter and care,” her friends said.

As one nation, we grieve for every precious soul that has been taken from us so suddenly,” Trump said at a press briefing Thursday. “Sadly, there are no survivors."

An American Airlines employee was killed during an accident on the tarmac at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, officials say.

QCN is not releasing the woman's name at this time. But we understand she is a wife and mother of two small children. She was returning from a business trip with a layover in D.C.

Officials said all 60 passengers aboard the plane, the four flight crew members and three soldiers in the helicopter are dead.