The grim event recalls the last time a major airline crash occurred, when Flight 3407 departed from New Jersey nearly 16 years ago.

The Federal Aviation Administration in a statement said American Airlines Flight 5342, departing from Wichita, Kansas to Washington, collided around 9 p.m. midair while approaching the runway with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter.

Donald Trump returned to the White House this week as the 47th President of the United States, making this Trump Week in Washington, D.C.; realistically,

Officials provide a Thursday morning update after a plane and military helicopter collided near DCA airport in Washington D.C.

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has been closed as of 9 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.

One of the state’s most notorious business and political events is back. After a five-year hiatus, the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce is once again hosting its Walk to Washington & 84th Congressional Reception.

An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening. Three soldiers were onboard the helicopter and a massive search and rescue operation is now unfolding in the Potomac River.

Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.

NEW YORK (PIX11) – A New York City woman was aboard a passenger jet that collided with an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, her family confirmed. Melissa Jane Nicandri, 28, of Brooklyn, was among the victims who died, according to her family.

Kash Patel appeared Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing to be FBI director. Patel has been nominated to replace Trump-appointed Christopher Wray, whose resignation took effect on Jan. 20.