CEO of American Airlines Robert Isom made a statement in the early morning hours following a midair collision between AA flight 5342 and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

A passenger jet carrying 64 people 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.

An American Airlines regional passenger jet was involved in a mid-air collision on Wednesday night with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said.

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

Robert Isom, American Airlines CEO, gave a briefing Wednesday evening after an aircraft operated by one of the company's subsidiaries collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River.

An American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C. was involved in a crash near Reagan Airport Wednesday night.

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

A passenger jet collided with a helicopter while landing at Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night the, FAA said.

As the plane made its approach to runway 33, an orange fireball lit up the horizon when the military chopper collided with the regional jet.

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said he will head to Washington, D.C., as part of the airline's response to Wednesday night's collision between and American regional jet and a military helicopter. "Most importantly,

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.