JD Vance releases statement
Vice President JD Vance released a statement on X saying that he is monitoring the situation.
"Please say a prayer for everyone involved in the mid-air collision near Reagan airport this evening," he said.
All 67 people on board the plane and the helicopter were killed.
An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, with no survivors.
Sixty-four people were on board the plane, which departed from Wichita, Kansas. Three soldiers were on the helicopter.
The collision happened around 9 p.m. when the PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet was on approach to the airport.
Vice President JD Vance released a statement on X saying that he is monitoring the situation.
"Please say a prayer for everyone involved in the mid-air collision near Reagan airport this evening," he said.
Sen. Ted Cruz, the chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, said there are fatalities in the collision.
"While we don’t yet know how many on board were lost, we know there are fatalities," Cruz said on X. "Please join Heidi and me in praying for all involved as the search and rescue is underway."
A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The airline was operating Flight 5342 for American Airlines, according to the FAA.
The military aircraft was a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, according to two U.S. officials.
The plane had departed from Wichita, Kansas, the FAA said.
The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that a military helicopter collided with a regional jet near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C.
"It appears that a military helicopter collided with a regional jet at DCA airport right here in Washington, D.C.," Leavitt said in an appearance on Fox News Wednesday night. "That's all I can confirm at this point in time, and I can just say that the thoughts and the prayers of the entire Trump administration are with all those that are involved."