There is at least one casualty after a helicopter crash at a major airport tonight. All runways have been shutdown and all departures and landings have been halted at the DCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
A passenger jet collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington Wednesday night.
A plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members crashed into the Potomac River in the US shortly after 9pm local time
The collision occurred around 9 p.m. EST on Wednesday when the jet was making it's approach to Reagan National Airport, according to local officials.
Later on, just before 11:30 a.m., the President delivered remarks about the crash to press in the White House briefing room. He was joined by Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
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The collision involved a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter.
A passenger jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided in midair with a military helicopter late Wednesday while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Virginia, near Washington, D.C.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) remained shut down on Thursday morning after an American Airlines regional jet fatally collided mid-air with a military helicopter just outside the airp
A passenger jet out of Wichita collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.
No one survived the horrific collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C.
There were around 60 people aboard the regional passenger plane before it crashed with a helicopter on Wednesday, Jan. 29