Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington has closed the early morning of this Thursday after the 5342 flight of American Airlines, from the city of Wichita, in Kansas, has collided with a military helicopter while approaching the landing track. However, the plane has crashed on the Potomac River, very close to the airport and, in addition, separates the states of Virginia and Washington
“The takeoffs and landings in DCA have been suspended (acronym that the aforementioned airport is known). The emergency personnel are attending a plane crash in the airfield. The terminal is still open,” says a statement published in ‘X’. The Washington Police said that, together with the city’s firefighters and other emergency services, they are carrying out a search operation in the river.
According to Washington Post, Several bodies of water would have already been recovered, while the senator by Texas, Republican Ted Cruz, has pointed out through social networks that “we know there are fatal victims”, although he has not specified how many they could be. The channel NBC, However, he says they have rescued four people alive. In it, according to a source of American Airlines cited by Reuters, about 60 passengers were travelingin addition to two pilots and two other crew members.
