Flights in and out of the Virginia airport originally halted as dive teams scoured the crash site throughout the night.

A longtime Atlanta area air traffic controller said he was devastated to learn about the deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Rescue efforts have been ongoing throughout the night after a passenger jet crashed mid-air with an Army helicopter as it was landing at DCA.

A multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after a small American Airlines aircraft collided with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport, authorities confirmed.

Chief John Donnelly, DC Fire and EMS said the mission has switched from a rescue to a recovery. They have recovered 27 bodies from the American Airlines flight and one from the helicopter. Donnelly said there were no survivors. Officials from area medical examiner offices are working to identify those killed in the crash.

ATLANTA — Officials have shut down Ronald Reagan National Airport until 11 a.m. Thursday after an American Airlines passenger jet and Army helicopter collided over the Potomac River in Washington D.C. on Wednesday night.

ATLANTA — After an American Airlines passenger jet and Army helicopter collided over the Potomac River in Washington D.C. on Wednesday night, several flights between Atlanta and Washington, D.C. have been impacted on Thursday.

A solider involved in the American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter has ties to Gwinnett County.

There are many questions online about how the fatal crash between a passenger jet and Army helicopter. Here’s what we can VERIFY so far.

Nearly 300 first responders are searching for survivors after the deadly collision between an American Airlines jet and Army Black Hawk Helicopter outside Washington, DC.

A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

Am I safe if our own government can’t keep our helicopters safe? Who are the ones here to protect us?’ one flyer said