The number of people onboard and any fatalities is unknown at this time. The plane can carry up to 65 passengers and four crew members.

A passenger jet carrying 64 people collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.

The Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines commuter plane near Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia Wednesday was on a “training flight” when it crashed into the Potomac River, according to the military service branch.

A passenger jet collided with a helicopter while landing at Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night the, FAA said.

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

An American Airlines flight collided with a helicopter as it approached Washington DC's Ronald Reagan National Airport, officials say. It came down in the Potomac River, officials said, and search and rescue boats have been deployed to the area.

United States President Donald Trump has in a post on his social media platform Truth Social said that he believes the Washington plane crash “should have been prevented”. In the blistering post Donald Trump questioned the tactics of the military ...

CCTV appeared to show the moment an American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 people collided mid-air with an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington DC on Wednesday evening (29 January). Federal officials said both aircraft crashed down into the Potomac ...

Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports from Arlington, Va., on an American Airlines jet colliding with a Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.

Harrowing air traffic control audio has shed more light on the horror American Airlines crash over Washington DC. The PSA Airlines aircraft, which is owned by American Airlines, was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members when it crashed into a BlackHawk helicopter with three military personnel onboard.