A passenger collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington on Wednesday night.
That’s according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which says the 9 p.m. EST collision remains under investigation.
There was no immediate word on casualties, but all takeoffs and landings from the airport near Washington have been halted.
A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m. local time, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.
PSA was operating Flight 5342 for American Airlines. It departed from Wichita, Kansas.
The FAA and NTSB will investigate with the NTSB as the lead agency.
Multiple helicopters, including those from the U.S. Park Police and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. military, were flying over the scene of the incident in the Potomac River. D.C. Fire and EMS said on X that fireboats were on the scene.
Washington, D.C., police said on the social platform X that multiple agencies are conducting a search and rescue effort in the Potomac River after an aircraft crash.
Video from an observation camera at the nearby Kennedy Center shows two sets of lights consistent with aircraft appearing to join in a fireball.