JUST IN: FBI Says There Is 'No Indication' Of Terrorism In Reagan Washington International Plane Crash – EVOL

A senior FBI official with the bureau’s Washington Field Office told NBC News that there is “no indication” of terrorism or criminality in Wednesday night’s plane crash outside Reagan Washington International Airport in Arlington, Virginia, just north of Washington D.C.

The Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) has confirmed that an American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport. One or both of the aircraft plunged into the Potomac River, where rescue crews are scrambling to locate any survivors. The American Airlines aircraft was traveling from Wichita, Kansas and was getting ready to land.

The Bombardier CRJ700 that crashed has a maximum capacity of 65 passengers, according to a statement from American Airlines. The aircraft has a total of 44 seats in its main cabin, 12 in the main cabin extra section and nine in first class, according to the airline’s website. It is currently unknown whether the aircraft, which was believed to be about 400 feet in the air while traveling at roughly 150 miles-per-hour, was full at the time of the collision.

An Army official told NBC News that there were three U.S. soldiers onboard

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