Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) remained shut down on Thursday morning. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) remained shut down on Thursday morning after an American Airlines regional jet fatally collided mid-air with a military helicopter just outside the airport.

An American Airlines regional jet was involved in a midair collision near Washington, D.C., the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday.

Officials at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. halted all arriving and departing air traffic on Wednesday following an "aircraft incident" on the airfield.

Reagan National Airport resumed normal operations at 11 a.m. Thursday, more than 12 hours after a deadly collision between a military helicopter and an American Airlines flight that was heading for the runway.

Merely seconds before a deadly crash near Washington, an air traffic controller asked the helicopter to reroute and land, a report says.

Officials say no survivors are expected after an American Eagle jet and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter collided in Washington, D.C.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said at a briefing that the agency wants to assure the American public it will "leave no stone unturned in this investigation .

The airline tracking website FlightAware indicated that the same aircraft involved in the crash was scheduled to depart from Burlington early Friday for Washington.

An American Airlines plane with 60 passengers and four crew members on board collided with a military helicopter near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, plunging into the Potomac River.

Investigators are beginning to explore how an American Airlines jet and Black Hawk Army helicopter collided over Reagan Washington National Airport.

In the three years before the deadly collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport, at least two other pilots reported near-misses

Flights at Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. were suspended Thursday morning after the collision of an American Airlines jet and a military helicopter Wednesday.