Rescuers continued a desperate hunt Wednesday for survivors in the Potomac River near Washington DC’s Ronald Reagan National Airport after an American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with a U.

A plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided mid-air with a US Army helicopter over Washington DC.The American Airlines plane from Wichita, Kansas, crashed into the Potomac River following the collision as it approached Reagan Washington National Airport around 9am local time on Wednesday (2am Thursday GMT).

Three American soldiers were on board a Black Hawk helicopter when it was involved in a mid-air collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 29.

The number of people onboard and any fatalities is unknown at this time. The plane can carry up to 65 passengers and four crew members.

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An American Airlines jet collided in midair with a U.S. military Black Hawk helicopter while on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The passenger jet was en route from Wichita with 60 passengers and four crew onboard.

A regional jet flown for American Airlines Group Inc. collided in a deadly midair crash with a military helicopter around Washington, DC, halting operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and prompting a search and rescue operation in the Potomac River.