There has been no confirmation of survivors being pulled from the freezing Potomac River.

A helicopter collided with a passenger plane that was landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington on Wednesday night. Police and Coast Guard helicopters are seen in the video, along with sirens from boats and vehicles on the ground, searching the Potomac River for survivors. Footage from an observation camera at the nearby Kennedy Centre and CCTV cameras captured a fireball followed by a cloud of smoke. Drivers also captured the crash on dashcam cameras. The plane was reportedly a Bombardier CRJ-700 used by American Eagle, a regional brand of American Airlines, with around 60 people onboard. Records show that Flight 5342, being operated by PSA Airlines, was flying from Wichita, Kansas (ICT) to Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA). It was on approach to the runway when the helicopter approached from the starboard side and smashed into the aircraft, shortly before 9pm local time. The White House confirmed the commercial airliner collided with a military helicopter while on approach to Reagan National Airport The Federal Aviation Administration said the helicopter was a Black Hawk. The FAA said an investigation has been launched. All take-offs and landings from the airport near Washington have been halted. Ronald Reagan National Airport is in the centre of the nation's capital, near major federal institutions including the White House and Congress. It is also across the river from The Pentagon, the US Department of Defence, in Arlington, Virginia.

Investigators have recovered two black boxes from the American Airlines plane that crashed into a Black Hawk helicopter over DC on Wednesday, federal authorities announced. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators say that they've recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight…

ARLINGTON, Va. (DC News Now) — Officials indicated a number of people died after an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter Wednesday night, causing both to crash into the Potomac River. DC Fire and EMS (DCFE) and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said they received multiple calls about the incident near Ronald Reagan […]

Watch on LiveTube Now 👉 Video: LIVE: Military helicopter and regional plane collide and crash into river near D.C. national airport A regional plane went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night, prompting a multi-agency search-and-rescue operation, according to officials. ––– Subscribe to ABC News on YouTube:...