An American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided Wednesday night near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

The CEO of American Airlines is seeking answers about the mid-air collision of a military helicopter and one of its regional passenger planes while it was trying to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.

The number of people onboard and any fatalities is unknown at this time. The plane can carry up to 65 passengers and four crew members.

Authorities are investigating an apparent crash involving a regional jetliner and a helicopter near a Washington, D.C., area airport, according to U.S. government and industry officials.

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

Officials have begun identifying victims of a deadly midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter

A man has revealed the heartbreaking final text he received from his wife who was onboard American Airlines flight 5342 before it collided mid-air with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in Washington,

“While performing a training mission a United States Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from Bravo Company, 12th Aviation Battalion, Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, Va., collided in midair with an American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet Flight 5342 last night at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport," he said.

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.

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

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won the pairs title at the 1994 world championships and competed at the Winter Olympics twice, were killed.