Here is what we know so far about the incident: At around 21:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday, a PSA Airlines jet operating as American Airlines 5432 collided with a US Army helicopter as it approached Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

An American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. The number of casualties is unclear and a search-and-rescue mission is ongoing.

An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers collided in mid-air with a military helicopter with three US Army soldiers aboard.

The Associated Press is providing live video of the scene of the plane crash near Washington’s Reagan Airport:

Ari Shulman, an eyewitness, describes the moments he saw a plane and helicopter collide midair as he was driving home. Shulman said the plane seemed seemed to be "intact" as it was going down until he saw sparks under the belly of the plane.

It came down in the Potomac River, officials said, and search and rescue boats have been deployed to the area.

Law enforcement and other officials say an aircraft went down near Ronald Reagan National Airport, and all takeoffs and landings have been halted.

The Food and Drug Administration has newly classified the December recall of some Lay’s Classic Potato Chips sold in Oregon and Washington with the designation reserved for the highest degree of health hazard.

A frantic search for survivors is underway after a passenger plane collided with a US Army helicopter midair near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC Wednesday night.

Washington's attorney general fired back at a group of Republican attorneys general for "weaponizing" the government to put pressure on Costco to ditch its DEI policies.

The nation's capital is expected to see mostly sunny skies with increasing winds over the next few days; gusts may hit 47 mph on January 29.