An American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday. The Potomac River has an average depth of 24 feet. As of 11 p.m. EDT,

A passenger jet carrying 64 people collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Video shows aircraft wreckage in Potomac River as the sun rises near Washington, DC, after the collision between an American Airlines jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter. Emergency authorities have switched to a “recovery effort” and there are not believed to be any survivors from the incident,

EarthCam footage appears to show an explosion over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. This happened amid reports that a regional jet collided in midair with a helicopter while on approach to Reagan Washington National Airport.