The flight attendants of a passenger jet that collided with an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Wednesday were based out of Charlotte, an Association of Flight Attendants spokesperson confirmed to Axios.

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

Gov. Josh Stein says Charlotte-based American Airlines crew members died in the midair collision near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night.

An American Eagle flight crew from Charlotte was onboard a plane that collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River by Washington, D.C., according to multiple media reports and at least one crew member’s family.

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.

After a 60-passenger American Airlines flight and U.S. Army helicopter collided mid-air Jan. 29, a man shared the final text messages he received from his wife aboard the aircraft. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,