The Philippine National Police has confirmed that one of its ranking officers died in Thursday's (January 30) catastrophic midair collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter over Washington D.

One Filipino was among those who died in the Washington air collision, according to Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla. Meanwhile, U.S. authorities said that it was not yet clear why a regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided at a Washington airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years.

Fourteen members of the U.S. Figure Skating team—not including parents and coaches—were onboard the plane to Washington D.C. returning from a training camp that took place after the U.S. Championships in Kansas,

A Filipino police officer was among the people killed in a mid-air crash in Washington between a US commercial jet and a military helicopter, Philippine police said Friday. The Wednesday night disaster caused both aircraft to tumble into the icy Potomac River,