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.

15 hours ago · A day before the deadly crash over the Potomac River, another flight en route to Reagan Washington National Airport had to avoid landing and go around due to helicopter traffic, according to air ...

1 day ago · Earthcam video appears to show the moment of a passenger jet plane crash over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport.

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.

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 · 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.

18 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 · A helicopter flies near the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.

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 …