At 4:01 pm EST, it crashed into the 14th Street Bridge across the Potomac River, 0.75 nmi (0.9 mi; 1.4 km) from the end of the runway. The plane hit six cars and a truck on the bridge, and tore away 97 feet (30 m) of the bridge's rail and 41 feet (12 m) of the bridge's wall.

10 hours ago · An American Eagle flight and a military helicopter collided over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night. The catastrophic crash in the D.C. area spurred a massive emergency ...

1 day ago · Map illustrates where plane that crashed was headed ... But at 8:53 p.m., DC police began receiving calls about “an aircraft crash above the Potomac River,” the agency said.

1 day ago · Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.

1 day ago · The plane went down in the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport. 9:29 Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National ...

1 day ago · Both the American Eagle jet and Army Black Hawk are in the Potomac River. The Black Hawk had three personnel onboard. The collision occurred shortly before 9 p.m. ET.

1 day ago · 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 Washington …

1 day ago · A helicopter flies near the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.

1 day ago · A search and rescue helicopter searches the water of the Potomac River after a plane on approach to Reagan National Airport crashed into the river, seen from Alexandria, Virginia, Jan. 29, 2025.

1 day ago · New dash-cam video captures D.C. plane crash over Potomac River. 3 hours ago. Isaac Arnsdorf. Trump baselessly blames diversity program for fatal air collision. 38 minutes ago.