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

Authorities continue to search for bodies and determine what led to the Wednesday, Jan. 29, midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in the Washington,

An American Airlines regional jet with around 60 passengers crashed in Washington D.C. Wednesday night following a collision with a military helicopter, according to officials. Here’s what we know so far.

Multiple 911 callers reported the crash near the river just before 8:55 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department and the District of Columbia Fire and EMS.

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

The American Airlines flight that crashed with 60 passengers and four crew members onboard reportedly split in half after its collision on Wednesday.

Emergency services in Washington DC are searching the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport following the incident just before 9pm on Wednesday night

A regional American Airlines passenger jet and a Black Hawk military helicopter collided midair Wednesday night, sending both aircrafts into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport, officials said.

Families and friends of those who lost loved ones in the deadly American Airlines and Army helicopter collision are sharing tributes online in memory of the crash victims.

Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.

The CEO of American Airlines is seeking answers about the mid-air collision of a military helicopter and one of its regional passenger planes while it was trying to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.