A passenger jet collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington on Wednesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
There was no immediate word on casualties, but all takeoffs and landings from the airport have been halted.
Helicopters, including those from the U.S. Park Police, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and the military, were flying over the scene of the crash in the Potomac River. D.C. Fire and EMS said on X that fireboats were also on the scene.
Washington police said on X that multiple agencies are conducting a search-and-rescue effort in the river.
Video from an observation camera at the nearby Kennedy Center shows two sets of lights consistent with aircraft appearing to join in a fireball.
The airport said emergency personnel were responding to “an aircraft incident on the airfield.”
No other details were immediately available. This is a developing story, RTC will have more later.
Source-CBC
