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.

The Federal Aviation Administration said preliminary information indicates a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to the airport around 9 p.m. local time.The plane departed from Wichita, Kansas.

A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided 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.

A jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members has collided 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.

A passenger jet carrying 64 people 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.

Authorities are investigating an apparent crash involving a regional jetliner and a helicopter

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport will be closed until at least 5 a.m. ET Friday after a crash involving a passenger jet and a military helicopter

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) began supporting rescue efforts after a military helicopter and American Airlines flight collided above the Potomac River Wednesday night. The airplane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members from Kansas was approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Officials shared the grim possibility of several deaths early Thursday after a commercial jet from Kansas carrying 60 passengers collided midair with an Army helicopter during the plane’s approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard has collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.

Ronald Reagan National Airport is closed following a collision between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter near the hub in Washington DC, which happened late on Wednesday