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,

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

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.