By David Shepardson, Trevor Hunnicutt and Brad Brooks WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the Potomac River after a midair collision near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night,

Last year, senators from Virginia and Maryland sounded the alarm over congestion in the skies above Washington.

DC Fire and EMS (DCFD) said an American Airlines aircraft crashed into the Potomac River Wednesday night. In a joint statement from DCFD and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), officials said that multiple calls came in for an aircraft crash above the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport (DCA) just

The Federal Aviation Administration said preliminary information indicates a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to the airport around 9 p.m. local time. The plane departed from Wichita, Kansas.

Dozens of people are feared dead after a military helicopter collided with a civilian airliner midair around Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON — An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the Potomac River after a midair collision near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said.

An American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter crashing into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport (DCA) Wednesday night.

Without conclusive evidence on what caused a deadly midair crash President Donald Trump tied it to the government's DEI efforts.

Emergency service vehicles stand near the site of a crash after a passenger plane collided with a helicopter while approaching Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed in the Potomac River outside Washington on Jan. 29, 2025, in this photo released by Reuters. (Yonhap)

Authorities are investigating an apparent crash involving a regional jetliner and a helicopter near a Washington, D.C., area airport, according to U.S. government and industry officials.

A US passenger plane carrying 64 people crashed into Washington’s chilly Potomac River on Wednesday after colliding mid-air with a military helicopter near Reagan National Airpo

A mid-air collision over the Potomac River near Washington's Reagan National Airport has claimed at least 18 lives, as rescue teams continue to search for survivors, according to local media reports.