Hundreds of rescuers were searching the frigid waters of the Potomac River for any survivors of the plane crash.
The flight appeared to collide with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.
WASHINGTON -- An American Airlines regional passenger jet was involved in a mid-air collision on Wednesday night with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said on social media that "we know there are fatalities," though he did not say how many.
A view of emergency response to Wednesday night’s fatal crash of a passenger jet landing at Reagan National Airport and an Army helicopter. The body of the plane was found upside-down in three sections in waist-deep water in the Potomac River.
All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday.
An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday evening, U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News.
Latest news and live updates after an American Airline jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.
The airspace around Washington, D.C., is congested and complex — a combination aviation experts have long worried could lead to catastrophe.
The fatal midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter followed a string of near misses at airports over the last several years.
American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was attempting to land when the plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided.
The National Transportation Safety Board has recovered the cockpit voice recorder and the flight-data recorder from the American Airlines jet involved in the deadly collision with a military helicopter,