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.

14 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.

12 hours ago · Fire in the sky, then darkness: The plane crash that killed 67. In seconds, the wreckage of each aircraft plunged into the icy Potomac River, the victims with it.

12 hours ago · A plane takes off from Reagan National Airport after the crash last night of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River as it approached the airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.

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 ...

17 hours ago · 40 years ago, a Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and then fell into the Potomac River, killing 70 of the 74 passengers, and 4 of the 5 crew members, per FAA.

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 · Rescue teams were combing the Potomac River after a plane carrying 64 people and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday night.. The big picture: Both the American Airlines regional jet that was flying from Wichita, Kansas, to D.C. and the helicopter carrying three people while on …