Ten X accounts to find updates about the Potomac plane crash near Reagan airport

Published January 30, 2025 11:09am ET



Sixty-seven people are presumed to be dead after an Army helicopter collided with a passenger airliner on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., Wednesday evening. 

The two aircraft crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport, which is located in Virginia. All 64 people on board the American Eagle plane arriving from Wichita, Kansas, likely perished, as well as all three individuals on the Army Black Hawk helicopter. 

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