A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

A jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington County, prompting a large search-and-rescue o

Extraordinary video captured the moment a fireball exploded in the sky as an aircraft crashed into a blackhawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington Airport.

At least 28 bodies have been recovered from the icy waters of the Potomac River after the helicopter reportedly crossed into the path of an American Airlines jet late Wednesday. The incident occurred as the jet was landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, located just outside Washington, D.C.

There is at least one casualty after a helicopter crash at a major airport tonight. All runways have been shutdown and all departures and landings have been halted at the DCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Wednesday’s incident occurred more than 40 years after the Air Florida crash in 1982, when a passenger plane weighed down by ice on its wings crashed into a bridge shortly after takeoff from the airport,

The NTSB and FAA are briefing members of the Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday on the ongoing crash investigation.