Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.

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.

The Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) has canceled three incoming and three outgoing flights to Washington D.C. in the wake of a deadly crash Wednesday night.

Several figure skaters, along with their coaches and families, were traveling on an American Airlines plane that crashed into an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C.

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

As of 10 a.m. Thursday, two American Airlines flights to Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) were canceled.

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

“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.

The moments before and after a crash between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter are detailed in air traffic control audio.

The Federal Aviation Authority has confirmed US Army Blackhawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane were involved in a mid-air collision.