Washington DC, Jan. 30 -- United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) member Todd Inman informed that the American Airlines plane had a "very quick, rapid impact" with the US Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington DC

"Right now, we're going through the debris fields. Nothing we've seen would indicate that maybe slides or shoots were deployed. It was a very quick, rapid impact," NTSB member Todd Inman said in a press briefing.

He also informed that the NTSB received a "very large package of information" from the Federal Aviation Administration.

"We received a very large package of information from the FAA at about 3 a.m. I believe, this morning, that is still being reviewed and analysed. I would say the...