A small aircraft crashed near the Reagan National Airport on Wednesday, according to officials.
In a post on the social media platform X, the DC Fires and Emergency Medical Services Department confirmed that a small aircraft had gone down in the Potomac River near the airport in Virginia.
“Fireboats on the scene,” the post also said.
Reagan National Airport said in a post on X, “takeoffs and landings have been halted” and emergency personnel were responding to an “aircraft incident on the airfield. The terminal remains open. Will update.”
The Hill has reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Metro Washington Airports Authority and American Airlines for comment.
