Air crash halts traffic at Reagan National Airport

An aircraft is down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, authorities said after a suspected collision late Wednesday.

It was not immediately clear if there are fatalities. Video circulating on X appeared to show a midair collision.

The airport said in an X post just before 9:15 p.m. that all takeoffs and landings had been halted, with emergency personnel responding to an incident on the airfield. The terminal remained open.

The District of Columbia’s Fire and EMS Department confirmed that a “small aircraft” was in the Potomac River close to the airport.

Fireboats were on scene, officials said around 9 p.m.

The Federal Aviation Administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Wednesday’s incident comes after more than two years of rising alarm about near-misses at airports across the country as U.S. air travel came roaring back after the pandemic.