This post was updated with additional information from the Navy. Search efforts continue in the Potomac River after an American Airlines plane with 60 passengers and four crew on board collided in midair with an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying three soldiers near Reagan National Airport outside Washington,

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

A midair collision near Reagan National Airport has raised questions about aviation safety protocols, following Donald Trump’s controversial hiring freeze on air traffic controllers just days earlier.

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

Some 67 people — including three soldiers and more than a dozen figure skaters — were killed after a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter Wednesday night.

Without evidence, Trump blamed air traffic controllers, the helicopter pilots and Democratic policies at federal agencies for Wednesday night's collision.

The crash between a regional jet and a military helicopter left 67 dead, including three students and six parents in Fairfax and multiple former students of Loudoun public schools.

President Donald Trump has confirmed there were no survivors as he went on to blame Democrat policies and diversity hires for the horrific crash.

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

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

Black box' cockpit voice and flight recordings recovered from wreckage - Officials say there are no survivors among the 67 passengers on the aircrafts that collided above Washington, D.C.