Officials said an American passenger plane on regional airlines and the Black Hawk helicopter in the US military collided with the Botomac River after the air collided near the Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday evening.
“We know that there is death,” said Senator Ted Cruz of Texas on social media.
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The source of the American airlines told Reuters that 60 passengers, along with two pilots and two crew members, were to be on the flight. An American official said that three soldiers were on board the helicopter.
There has been no deadly accident in the US passenger plane since February 2009, but a series of incidents near scales in recent years have sparked serious safety concerns.
NBC reported that four people were alive from the Botomac River.
A web from the Kennedy Center in Washington showed an explosion in the air across the Botomac around 2047 EST with a plane in the fire that collapses quickly.
The US Federal Aviation Administration said that the Psa Airlines airlines collided with the helicopter during the Reagan approach.
PSA was working to operate 5342 for American airlines, which left from Whitchita, Kansas, according to the Angolan Armed Forces.
Police said that many agencies were involved in a search and rescue operation in the Botomac River, which borders the airport.
Dozens of police, ambulance and receiving units, and some boats that transport them, along the river and are ran to locations along the runway of Reagan Airport. Direct television pictures showed many boats in water, flashing blue and red lights.
The airport said late on Wednesday that all take off and landing operations had stopped when emergency staff responded to a plane accident.
The National Transport Safety Council said it collects more information about the accident.
US Airways said on social media that it is “familiar with reports that the American Eagle Flight 5342, run by PSA, with the service from Whitchita, Kansas (ICT) to Washington's National Airport (DCA) has participated in an accident.”
US Airways said it will provide more information because it has become available to the company.
Over the past two years, a series of almost nearby incidents has raised concerns about aviation safety in the United States and pressure on aviation aircraft control.
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