A passenger jet carrying around 60 in a direct flight from Wichita collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter near the Potomac River.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – American Airlines said American Eagle Flight 5342, en route from Wichita to Washington, D.C. Reagan National Airport (DCA), was involved in an accident and landed in the Potomac River. The flight was operated by PSA Airlines with a CRJ-700.

The plane had departed from Wichita, Kansas and was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, according to American Airlines.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Meteorologist Jake Dunne says after a wet night across Kansas we are waking up to a few showers this morning. However, the bigger story is the widespread fog reducing visibility to less than half a mile at times. Clouds will keep a lid on temperatures with most areas hovering in the upper 40s or lower 50s this afternoon.

An American Airlines flight that departed from Wichita, Kansas, on Wednesday collided with a military helicopter at Reagan National Airport.

A plane inbound to Washington D.C.’s Reagan Airport is down following a reported collision with a military helicopter.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that American Eagle Flight 5342, arriving from Wichita, Kansas, was attempting to land when it struck a Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter. Including crew members, 64 people were on the flight. The mid-air collision occurred just outside the airport.

A small aircraft from Wichita, Kansas, crashed in the Potomac River near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday, officials said.

The flight appeared to collide with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

An American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C. was involved in a crash near Reagan Airport Wednesday night.

An American Airlines flight going from Wichita to Washington, D.C., went down in the Potomac River after colliding with a military Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday. It comes just one year after Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport started offering nonstop flights to Washington.