A devastating plane crash this week has drawn Wichita — known as the "air capital of the world" — and its aviation roots into the national spotlight.

WICHITA, Kan.—Kansas’ largest city was coming off a high this week.

A 20-year-old Wichita woman was among the 60 passengers of Flight 5342, her father said. Grace Maxwell, a Wichita native, was on her way back to college when the American Airlines jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

The City of Wichita held a vigil at noon Thursday for the victims of the American Airlines Flight 5342 plane that crashed with a Blackhawk helicopter in Washington Wednesday evening.

Wichita held a vigil to honor those presumed dead in the American Airlines flight from Wichita to D.C. that crashed.

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