Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.
Sixty-seven people are believed dead following Wednesday night’s crash between a commercial jet and an Army helicopter from Fort Belvoir.
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.
Crews working to retrieve the passengers of the American Airlines jet and the army helicopter that collided and crashed into the Potomac on Wednesday night have to contend with the dangerously cold waters of the Potomac River.
Officials are set to hold a press conference at 7:30 a.m. during which more information about survivors and fatalities will be released.
Here’s a list of relevant authorities and others on X to follow all the updates that continue to pour in, providing emerging details about the shocking crash.
The rare circular ice slabs spun, collided and collected in large eddies because of the prolonged cold weather.
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.
Sixty-seven people are believed dead following Wednesday night’s crash between a commercial jet and an Army helicopter from Fort Belvoir.
In audio from the air traffic control tower around the time of the crash, a controller is heard asking the helicopter, “PAT25 do you have the CRJ in sight,” in reference to the passenger aircraft.
D.C. Fire and EMS Department said a small aircraft is "down in Potomac River" in the vicinity of the busiest D.C.-area airport.