In a video statement, American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said he would be traveling to Washington D.C. to oversee the airline’s response to the collision between an American regional jet and a military helicopter.

Robert Isom, American Airlines CEO, gave a briefing Wednesday evening after an aircraft operated by one of the company's subsidiaries collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River.

Robert Isom provided an update after an Army Black Hawk collided with an AA plane coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. (Credit: American Airlines)

An American Airlines flight crashed into a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter over the Potomac River as it approached Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said he will head to Washington, D.C., as part of the airline's response to Wednesday night's collision between and American regional jet and a military helicopter. "Most importantly,

A passenger aircraft crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, after it collided midair with a helicopter as it approached the runway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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.

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A regional jet flown for American Airlines Group carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with a Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night in Washington, DC, American Airlines confirmed. At least 18 bodies have been recovered, CBS News reported on Wednesday, citing a police official.The aircraft had departed from Wichita, Kansas.

The FAA said the midair collision occurred around 9 pm EST when a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, smashed into a military Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to an airport runway.