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,

During a press conference about the Washington, D.C., plane crash that involved an American Airlines regional jet colliding with an Army Black Hawk helicopter, Senator Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, expressed his condolences and added that the flight is "personal" for him,

On Thursday, Kansas Senator Jerry Moran said the Wichita flight that crashed on its way to Washington D.C. was personal to him because he lobbied to make the flight. In July

It was Kansas senators who first began sharing news that a flight from their state may have been involved that night. Thursday afternoon, Republican Senators Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall shared their heartbreak.

Sen. Jerry Moran (R., Kan.), at the early morning press conference at Reagan National Airport, told reporters that the crash of the Wichita plane is a “very personal circumstance.” He [lobbied America