A deadly plane crash over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. canceled flights to and from Reagan National Airport overnight.The airport is expected to reopen around 11 a.m. Thursday, while the search continues for the 64 people on board the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.

An American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. The number of casualties is unclear and a search-and-rescue mission is ongoing.

Authorities believe there are no survivors after a military helicopter collided with a civilian airliner midair.

We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” said John Donnelly, the fire chief in the nation’s capital.

There are still reports coming out about the bodies that are being recovered and the search for survivors. But what we do know is that there were figure skaters from the United States who were on board American Airlines flight 5342. There are reports that Russian skaters were on board as well.

A plane collided in midair with a helicopter approaching Reagan Washington National Airport, near the Potomac River, Wednesday night, officials set. A rescue operation was underway, officials said. Multiple 911 callers reported the crash near the river just before 8:55 p.

An American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. The number of casualties is unclear and a search-and-rescue mission is ongoing.

The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded flights at Reagan National Airport after a plane has crashed into the Potomac River outside of Washington, DC.

A small aircraft is down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and fireboats were on the scene, the Washington fire department said. The airport said late on Wednesday that all takeoffs and landings were halted at the airport as emergency personnel responded to an aircraft incident.

At least one aircraft crashed Wednesday evening over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan International Airport outside Washington, D.C., officials said, grounding all flights at the airport. The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department reported in a social media post that a small aircraft crashed in the Potomac River in the "vicinity" of the airport.