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This is the demolished fuselage of American Airlines Flight 5342 in the Potomac River in DC.

The plane's tail seems to be COMPLETELY gone from this vantage point.

The plane was a Bombardier CRJ-700 Regional Jet with 60 souls on board.Per FAA, it crashed into a Sikorsky H-60 Blackhawk.
 
1229 a.m. Eastern: "The search and rescue operation has become even more grave here over the past minutes and hours that the images they're starting to get...back...they describe...as stunning...[O]fficials right now are preparing for this to be potentially the deadliest disaster here in Washington in decades. We have confirmed there are fatalities in the Potomac, and at this point, a law enforcement source tells me no survivors have been pulled from the water."
 
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy: "I think for all of us, we want to extend our thoughts and prayers to those individuals who were impacted by the events tonight, their families. We know this is a very difficult time for all of them. I want to join the mayor and everyone here to extend our thank you to the first responders who, again, in very difficult situations and environments are out there searching and attempting to rescue. Tonight, I spoke with President Trump and his team in The Situation Room. I had a conversation with Secretary Pete Hegseth as well, and then with the Kansas delegation and the mayor and others in leadership, as well as Governor Youngkin from Virginia and Governor Kelly from Kansas. From the Department of Transportation and FAA's perspective, we are going to offer full support to those on the ground to the mayor, but also to the NTSB, who is going to be conducting the investigation in this matter. We are going to provide all the support that's necessary."


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The first image from the Potomac River of the crash with an American Airlines flight and a Blackhawk helicopter.


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D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly: This evening at 8:48 A.M., an alert was sounded, initiating a region, a large regional response to a report of an aircraft crash on approach to the airport.

There are currently about 300 responders working. We have boats from all throughout the region, police and fire boats.

We have a mutual aid agreement in Washington, D.C., the National Capital Region Mutual Aid Agreement administered by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, and we are all operating under that.

We're operating under a unified command. All, everybody's together, so we also have requested state police helicopters from Maryland and the Coast Guard is working.

So this is a state and federal response as well. U.S. Coast Guard's got some boats in the water as well.

So it's a highly complex operation. The conditions out there are extremely rough for the responders. It's cold.

They're dealing with relatively windy conditions. The wind is hard out on the river, so they're out there working. We're keeping, doing everything we can."
 
A D.C. official has revealed that the military Black Hawk helicopter was found upside down in the Potomac River, while the passenger jet is broken into pieces.

As of early Thursday evening, no survivors have been recovered from the wreckage.

More than 300 first responders remain at the scene, battling freezing waters and harsh conditions as the desperate search continues.

No official casualty count has been given, but no survivors have been recovered so far.

Transportation Secretary Duffy confirmed he has spoken with President Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth, vowing full federal support for first responders and the NTSB investigation.
 
Authorities have reportedly pulled 18 bodies from the water following the catastrophic mid-air collision near Reagan National Airport. Officials say no survivors have been confirmed so far as recovery efforts continue.

Emergency crews remain on scene, searching the Potomac River for additional victims.
 
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