The plan to add five incoming and five outgoing flights was included in the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act last year.

Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kan.) said Thursday that the deadly plane crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night will “be a tragedy that touches our community.” Estes represents Kansas’s 4th Congressional District,

As the American Eagle Flight 5342, a CRJ jet, approached the helicopter, the tower controller asked the helicopter pilot if he had the CRJ in sight. The helicopter pilot cannot be heard responding to the question before the two aircraft collided.

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is closed, according to an FAA alert posted Wednesday night. A ground stop will prevent planes from landing at the airport through at least 5 a.m. Thursday morning,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the military has identified the three soldiers killed in the Black Hawk collision over the Potomac River.

A regional jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, crashed into a Black Hawk while on approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Three soldiers were onboard the helicopter, an Army official said.

An aircraft is down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, authorities said after a suspected collision late Wednesday. It was not immediately clear if there are fatalities. Video circulating on X appeared to show a midair collision.

The audio indicates that air traffic controllers tried to warn the Army helicopter about a nearby Canadair Regional Jet.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Runway operations at the airport are expected to resume at 11 a.m. "The NTSB will lead the investigation. We are working with local officials and will provide any additional information once it becomes available," McLendon said. A source briefed on the search-and-rescue operation described a gruesome scene with large numbers of bodies recovered.