Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said on MSNBC Thursday there is “certainly a conversation to be had” about traffic at Reagan Washington National Airport. “There have been questions

Leaders across the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region, as well as federal lawmakers, are reacting to the tragic American Airlines plane crash near DCA.

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser updates on plane crash at Ronald Reagan Airport Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser holds a news conference after a jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington,

Ronald Reagan National Airport is expected to reopen for flights at 11 a.m., according to Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser.

The collision, which happened in the evening of on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, led to an extensive emergency response as rescue teams searched the Potomac River for survivors. As of the latest reports, 28 bodies have been recovered, all of them deceased.

An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

American Airlines Flight 5342 collided mid-air with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter on approach to Reagan National Airport

The Federal Aviation Authority has confirmed US Army Blackhawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane were involved in a mid-air collision.

A passenger jet carrying 64 people collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

Sixty-seven people died in a collision between a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, D.C., declined to say if she was aware of any survivors from the crash of an American Airlines flight and military helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport.