The 2 aircraft that collided over Washington are both working horses in use around the world

Army Helicopter and Regional American Airlines Jet, who collided over Washington, are both working horse aircraft operating around the world on a daily basis.

There were 60 passengers and four crew members at Jet, a Bombardier CRJ-700, officials said. Three service members were on a training flight on the UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter. It is believed that no one has survived the collision on Wednesday night, causing both aircraft to throw themselves into the frigid Potomac River.

What to know about the aircraft:

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

There are about 5,000 black hawks in use worldwide, according to Aviation Site Flightglobal.com. The double engine, four-blade helicopter is made by Sikorsky, a subsidiary of defense contractor Lockheed Martin.

The plane involved in Wednesday’s collision was an army version. There are other variants made for the marine, air force and coastguard and for specialized duty, such as intelligence collection.

The Black Hawk debuted in 1979. The helicopters have been involved in several US military operations, including Raidet, which killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May 2011, the war in Afghanistan and Iraq and the invasions of Panama and Grenada.

It is perhaps best known as the name of the name in the 2001 war film “Black Hawk Down”, about an American helicopter that was shot down in Mogadishu, Somalia, during the Civil War there. Others have crashed over the years on training missions.

Bombardier CRJ-700

The passenger jet was made by Quebec, Canada-based conglomerate Bombardier Inc. The CRJ program was sold in June 2020 to the Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which no longer makes them but continues to produce parts.

The Twin-Motor aircraft are available in several versions capable of sitting between 68 and 78 passengers. It is a commonly used regional aircraft used for medium and shorter flights, with more than 900 produced since it was introduced in May 1999.

Bombardier said in 2015 that the CRJ-700 series accounted for 20% of all departure flights in North America with about 200,000 flights a month.

The aircraft in Wednesday’s crash was registered as N530ea and manufactured in 2010, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Jet was run by an American Airlines subsidiary, PSA Airlines.