Plane Carrying 64 Collides With Military Helicopter Near Reagan National Airport

Search and rescue has been replaced with a recovery operation in the Potomac River after a military helicopter collided with a passenger plane from Kansas.

Emergency response units respond to helicopter wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 29, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

No survivors are expected from the crash involving a passenger plane carrying 64 people and a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA), DC Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly Sr. said on Thursday morning.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed in a statement that a Bombardier CRJ700 plane and a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter collided in the skies at around 9 p.m. EST.