A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while it was nearing the runway at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) around 9 p.m. local time on Wednesday. The plane, with 60 passengers and four crew members onboard, fell into the Potomac River near the airport after the crash.

All takeoffs and landings were subsequently halted at the airport for the remainder of the evening.

Authorities held a news conference later and informed that the airport would be closed until at least 11 a.m. ET on Thursday.

Mayor of Washington DC, Muriel Bowser said in a statement that both aircraft are in the water. There are three people in the military helicopter, she said.

There are no updates on any survivors as of now. However, authorities also did not provide a death toll from the accident.

President Donald Trump on Thursday termed the air accident near Washington DC involving an American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) plane and another army helicopter on Wednesday night a "bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented."

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said in a statement that it is cooperating with the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into the accident. Isom said that he himself is departing to Washington DC.

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