Flights in and out of the Virginia airport originally halted as dive teams scoured the crash site throughout the night.

A multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after a small American Airlines aircraft collided with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport, authorities confirmed.

RICHMOND, Va. ( WWBT /Gray News) - A retired pilot gave a first-hand view of what it’s like to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Chuck Smith says he has made that approach and landing hundreds of times in his career. He shared a video showing what it looks like to fly near Washington, D.C., and over the Potomac River.

Airlines have issued travel waivers to help passengers whose flights into and out of Washington, D.C., were affected following a deadly midair collision on Wednesday.

ATLANTA — After an American Airlines passenger jet and Army helicopter collided over the Potomac River in Washington D.C. on Wednesday night, several flights between Atlanta and Washington, D.C. have been impacted on Thursday.

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) services both military helicopters and passenger planes every day.

WASHINGTON — More than a dozen bodies have been pulled from the Potomac River after a plane collided with a military helicopter in midair and crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on Wednesday night.

There are many questions online about how the fatal crash between a passenger jet and Army helicopter. Here’s what we can VERIFY so far.

An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional American Airlines flight that was on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night.

Family confirms to 13News Asra Hussain was on board an American Airlines passenger jet that crashed with an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airp

Officials temporarily shut down Ronald Reagan National Airport after a passenger jet and Army helicopter collided over the Potomac River in Washington D.C.

Air traffic control audio from a plane crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport sheds light on the moments before and after the collision.