Video appears to show plane, helicopter collide over Potomac River
Updated: 3:48 AM CST Jan 30, 2025
Earthcam video appears to show a passenger jet collide with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.Warning: Viewer discretion is advised. Video above shows a plane colliding with a helicopter over the Potomac River.The passenger jet and military helicopter crashed Wednesday night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which says the collision remains under investigation. All takeoffs and landings from the airport near Washington have been halted.Rescue teams are searching for more than 60 people in the Potomac River after the commercial plane crash, sources told the Hearst Television National Investigative Unit.Multiple helicopters, including those from the U.S. Park Police and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. military, were flying over the scene of the incident in the Potomac River. D.C. Fire and EMS said on X that fireboats were on the scene.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport — Earthcam video appears to show a passenger jet collide with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.
Warning: Viewer discretion is advised. Video above shows a plane colliding with a helicopter over the Potomac River.
The passenger jet and military helicopter crashed Wednesday night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which says the collision remains under investigation.
All takeoffs and landings from the airport near Washington have been halted.
Rescue teams are searching for more than 60 people in the Potomac River after the commercial plane crash, sources told the Hearst Television National Investigative Unit.
Multiple helicopters, including those from the U.S. Park Police and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. military, were flying over the scene of the incident in the Potomac River. D.C. Fire and EMS said on X that fireboats were on the scene.