"I walk here every day. I see helicopters going around. I see planes coming in like crazy. I never thought that would happen."

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

A regional American Airlines passenger jet and a Black Hawk military helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night in the nation's first major commercial airline crash since 2009. There are confirmed fatalities from the collision,

The big picture: The American Eagle Flight 5342 was en route from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., with 60 passengers and four crew members on board, per a statement on American Airlines' website about the incident involving its subsidiary airline.

American Airlines has canceled all flights to Washington, D.C., from Norfolk International Airport. Impacted D.C. flights are being rerouted to Richmond. "Our hearts are broken for the families who must now process the grief of such a sudden and unexpected death," wrote Winsome Sears on X.

An American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, according to officials.

Northern Virginia’s figure skating community is reeling after receiving the news that a coach and multiple young skaters from the area were killed when an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport Wednesday evening.

Without providing any evidence, Trump harshly attacked Democrats for supposedly lowering standards for air traffic controllers, which he suggested could have led to the crash.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, officials said Thursday.

A pair of sisters ages 11 and 14 are reportedly among the victims who died on the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C.

Virginia senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine addressed the aftermath of a deadly American Airlines midair collision, expressing condolences for the victims and gratitude towards first responders.

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.