An American Airlines regional jet was involved in a midair collision near Washington, D.C., the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday.

Rescue craft are in the Potomac River below the site of the collision with D.C. fire chief John Donnelly saying "we don't know" if there are any survivors.

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

A military helicopter was flying above the maximum altitude for its route when it collided with a passenger plane near Washington D.C. last week, authorities said. The National Transportation Safety Board said in an update on Tuesday that it obtained data,

Radar evidence proves that the Black Hawk helicopter was not flying low enough during collision with American Airlines Flight 5342.

Washington, United States - January 31, 2025 Investigators are scouring the frigid waters of the Potomac River in a video captured on January 31, 2025, as they search for the combined flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk involved in the January 29 mid-air collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

An Army Black Hawk helicopter was flying too high when it crashed into an American Airlines jet near Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC last week, the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed.