Officials indicated a number of people died after an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter Wednesday night, causing both to crash into the Potomac River. DC Fire and EMS (DCFE) and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said they received multiple calls about the incident near Ronald Reagan

DC Fire and EMS (DCFD) said an American Airlines aircraft crashed into the Potomac River Wednesday night. In a joint statement from DCFD and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), officials said that multiple calls came in for an aircraft crash above the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport (DCA) just

The briefing follows the recovery of the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder from the passenger jet.

Some areas in Arlington are closed as rescue crews continue their response efforts at the Potomac River following the plane crash near Reagan National Airport

Emergency teams will continue efforts to retrieve the bodies of those who died when a passenger jet and helicopter collided.

As authorities scramble to find survivors, the Potomac River becomes the scene of yet another tragic aviation disaster, starkly contrasting the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ with its own dark history

The recent crash and rescue on the icy river between DC and Virginia sparks memories of Air Florida's 1982 disaster.

US Park Police identified the two men killed when a truck hit the Arlington Memorial Bridge last week and plunged over into the Potomac River.

Last year, senators from Virginia and Maryland sounded the alarm over congestion in the skies above Washington.

A plane and an army helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan National Airport in the US capital, halting all flights and launching a major rescue operation in the Potomac River.

On Jan. 13, 1982, snow was falling across the D.C region, and the increasingly hazardous travel conditions prompted the federal government to release workers early that afternoon.

A massive emergency response remains on scene of an aircraft crash in the water near Reagan National Airport. A military helicopter and a regional jet with 64 people on board collided mid-air Wednesday night.