Officials indicated a number of people died after an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter Wednesday night, causing both to crash into

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 before 8:50 p.

Emergency service vehicles stand near the site of a crash after a passenger plane collided with a helicopter while approaching Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed in the Potomac River outside Washington on Jan. 29, 2025, in this photo released by Reuters. (Yonhap)