Updated at 9:00 a.m. ET
Reports indicate Reagan National Airport will reopen at 11 a.m. ET.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, an American Airlines regional jet collided midair with a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport.
Reagan National Airport said in its own statement on X that all "all takeoffs and landings have been halted at DCA."
What is known so far:
- One or both of the aircraft may be in the Potomac River, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
- A search-and-rescue operation is underway on the river, officials said.
- The plane, which was coming from Wichita, Kansas, was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members.
- The helicopter involved in the crash was an Army Black Hawk, according to a defense official and an Army official. An Army official said preliminary indications are that three people were on board.
Multiple media including the New York Times, Reuters and CNN are saying the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying three soldiers. No senior army officials were onboard, they reported, citing US defence officials.
A massive emergency response is underway to rescue survivors from the Potomac river in the dark, making it difficult to search.
Updates are continuing to emerge.
