An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after ...

A passenger aircraft crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, after it collided midair with a helicopter as it approached the runway, according to the ...

A search is underway in the Potomac River after an American Airlines regional jet arriving from Wichita, Kansas, collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the river.

The jet was operated by a third party for American Airlines and had departed Wichita, Kansas, when it collided with the military helicopter and plunged into the Potomac.