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Emergency services in the city are searching the Potomac River near the airport following the incident just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The airline has confirmed that 60 passengers and four crew members were onboard Flight 5342 from Wichita,\u00a0Kansas, to the Capital when the collision happened.<\/p>\n
NBC Washington is reporting that rescue crews have pulled at least four people from the water.<\/p>\n
According to the outlet, the plane is said to have split in two and is in around seven feet of water, while the helicopter is upside down and unstable.<\/p>\n
The Federal Aviation Authority said that the Bombardier CRJ700 jet collided with a Sikorksy H-60 Black Hawk helicopter while approaching Runway 33.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Defense officials have confirmed that the Black Hawk was an Army chopper carrying three soldiers on a training flight at the time.<\/p>\n
In audio from the air traffic control tower around the crash, a controller is heard asking the helicopter, \u2018PAT25, do you have the CRJ in sight,\u2019 about the passenger aircraft.<\/p>\n
\u2018Tower, did you see that?\u2019 another pilot is heard calling seconds after the apparent collision. The tower immediately began diverting other aircraft from Reagan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n