Officials indicated a number of people died after an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter Wednesday night, causing both to crash into the Potomac River. DC Fire and EMS (DCFE) and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said they received multiple calls about the incident near Ronald Reagan

DC Fire and EMS (DCFD) said a small aircraft crashed into the Potomac River Wednesday night. At around 9 p.m., DCFD said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that a small aircraft went down into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport (DCA).

Police boats have returned to the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation after the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century

The briefing follows the recovery of the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder from the passenger jet.

US Park Police identified the two men killed when a truck hit the Arlington Memorial Bridge last week and plunged over into the Potomac River.

Some areas in Arlington are closed as rescue crews continue their response efforts at the Potomac River following the plane crash near Reagan National Airport

The crash and rescue on the icy river connecting Washington, DC and Virginia had similarities to this one. Five of the 79 aboard the flight survived.

As authorities scramble to find survivors, the Potomac River becomes the scene of yet another tragic aviation disaster, starkly contrasting the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ with its own dark history

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — DC Fire and EMS (DCFD) said a small aircraft crashed into the Potomac River ... with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), United States Park Police, Montgomery ...

The flight data and voice recorders, known as black boxes, have been recovered after the midair collision of a passenger jet and an Army helicopter in the Washington, DC, area, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

Sixty-seven people are presumed dead after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River below,

Investigators have already recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army helicopter as the plane was landing Wednesday night at Ronald Reagan National Airport next to Washington,