At least five people aboard the American Airlines plane that plunged into the Potomac River on Wednesday night had ties to Charlotte, including the jet's four-person, Charlotte-based flight crew and one passenger.

Some of the victims in the tragic American Airlines plane crash with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington DC Wednesday night, including the flight crew of the plane, were

CBS reported that the crew of the commercial American Eagle jet was Charlotte-based. Debi Epstein, the former wife of flight attendant Ian Epstein, confirmed that he was killed in the air collision between the jet and a military helicopter.

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