A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., sending the two aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River.

An American Airlines flight that departed from Wichita, Kansas, on Wednesday collided with a military helicopter at Reagan National Airport.

Latest news and live updates after an American Airline jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.

The collision involved a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

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

A passenger jet carrying around 60 in a direct flight from Wichita collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter near the Potomac River.

Before the additional flights were approved, a senator warned that the increase could heighten the risk of collisions.

A former Westmont graduate, her husband and her two children, are reportedly among the victims of Wednesday night's deadly mid-air crash.

The Federal Aviation Administration said a passenger jet and a Blackhawk helicopter collided midair as the plane was on the approach to Reagan National Airport just outside of Washington D.C. on Wednesday evening.

Authorities have switched to a recovery mission in the Potomac River following a midair collision between an American Eagle flight and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington,

An American Airlines jet that left Wichita's Eisenhower National Airport on Wednesday evening crashed into the Potomac River after a midair collision with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.