Multiple fatalities have been reported after an American Airlines passenger jet collided midair with a military Black Hawk ...

Eighteen bodies were reportedly removed from the Potomac River following the Wednesday, Jan. 29, crash between an American Airlines regional passenger plane and a helicopter.

supported by fire departments and police departments from across the metropolitan region are executing a rescue operation in the Potomac River,” Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday.

There was no immediate confirmation of any casualties, but surviving an extended submersion in the river would be difficult ... D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declined to comment on the specifics ...