Kansas, has taken the nonstop flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C., dozens of times since the route became available about a year ago. On Wednesday evening, a flight on that route collided with an Army helicopter as it descended toward Ronald Reagan Airport in Washington,

The flight from Wichita had 64 people on board when it collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan International.

Kansas elected officials issued statements on Thursday morning following the tragic midair crash between a commercial plane that had taken off from Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita and an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night in Washington,