An American Airlines regional jet was involved in a midair collision near Washington, D.C., the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday.

Search efforts continue in the Potomac River after an American Airlines plane with 60 passengers and four crew on board collided in midair with an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying three soldiers near Reagan National Airport outside Washington,

An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday evening, U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News.

The last fatal commercial airlines plane crash in the US was Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009 just outside of Buffalo, NY.

The Army helicopter and regional American Airlines jet that collided over Washington are both workhorse aircraft that operate around the world on a daily basis. What to know about the aircraft:

The American Airlines flight that crashed with 60 passengers and four crew members onboard reportedly split in half after its collision on Wednesday.

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

Some 67 people — including three soldiers and more than a dozen figure skaters — were killed after a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter Wednesday night.

President Donald Trump has confirmed there were no survivors as he went on to blame Democrat policies and diversity hires for the horrific crash.

WASHINGTON (NBC News) – President Donald Trump called the deadly collision “a tragedy of terrible proportions” and confirmed there were no survivors as he addressed reporters in the White House briefing room Thursday morning.

The midair collision between an American Eagle jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River has left 67 dead. Officials confirm no survivors.