The plane, which took off from Wichita, Kan., with 64 people on board, was landing at Reagan National – traveling north toward Runway 33.

The American Airlines flight that crashed with 60 passengers and four crew members onboard reportedly split in half after its collision on Wednesday.

An American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport Wednesday evening.

Robert Isom, American Airlines CEO, gave a briefing Wednesday evening after an aircraft operated by one of the company's subsidiaries collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River.

An American Airlines regional passenger jet was involved in a mid-air collision on Wednesday night with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said.

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

The flight appeared to collide with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

A small commercial airliner and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport Wednesday evening, D.C. Fire and EMS confirmed.

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom is currently on his way to Washington DC to aid the investigation into what caused the plane crash. Authorities are investigating exactly what caused the helicopter to collide with the passenger plane, and the nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has grounded all flights.

A passenger jet collided with a helicopter while landing at Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night the, FAA said.

A news team from NBC Washington believes it has identified the site in the Potomac River where part of the wreckage of an American Airlines plane came to rest after colliding with an Army helicopter.