An American Airlines plane, believed to be carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, has crashed with a Blackhawk military helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington DC

A passenger jet has collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington. Watch live coverage from WJLA in Washington, D.C.

After an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac river Jan. 29, more than 30 bodies have been recovered, NBC Washington has confirmed.

Staffing levels at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport were 'not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,' according to a preliminary report

We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” the DC fire chief said.

An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening. Three soldiers were onboard the helicopter and a massive search and rescue operation is now unfolding in the Potomac River.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Army’s 12th Aviation Battalion that includes the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport has been granted a 48-hour operational pause.

Search and rescue is underway after a military helicopter collided with a commercial airplane midair before crashing into the Potomac River early Wednesday night near Washington D.C.'s Reagan National Airport.

A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while preparing to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., sending the aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River and killing everyone on board.

A regional jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, crashed into a Black Hawk while on approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport.

The flight appeared to collide with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

The first Wichita to D.C. flight in January 2024 was celebrated by the city, and members of the Kansas congressional delegation.