A passenger jet has collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.

An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. A D.C. fire official said Thursday that “we don't think there are any survivors from this accident" and "we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.

Officials say an aircraft went down near Ronald Reagan National Airport, and all takeoffs and landings have been halted.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be leading the efforts to remove the wreckage of the American Airlines jet that crashed into the Potomac River. Army Corps of Engineers, along with the Coast Guard and the Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving will first remove the pieces of Flight 5342 from the water near,

Image via X The Army has released the identity of the pilot and female soldier involved in the deadly American Airlines crash in DC. A Blackhawk helicopter crashed into the flight as it was landing at Reagan National Airport.

The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines plane was alerted to the plane’s presence by air control twice, the first time at least two minutes before the deadly crash, according to a Washington Post report.