All flights at the airport have been temporarily halted.
Search and rescue teams are searching for survivors after a regional passenger plane carrying 64 people collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia, near the Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) on Wednesday night.
American Airlines confirmed there were 60 passengers on board and four crew members.
“There is no confirmed information on casualties at this time,” the D.C. Police Department said in a 9:56 p.m. post on X.
The department said in a separate statement that “A multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after aircraft crash.”
According to the FAA, at around 9 p.m. local time, American regional airline PSA Airlines’ American Eagle flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, collided with “a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport.”
All flights at the airport have been temporarily halted for the search and rescue efforts in the river.
Authorities said it is still unclear what caused the plane to crash or how many people were on board. Fireboats were on the scene.
“All takeoffs and landings have been halted at DCA,” Reagan Airport said in a notice