Leaders across the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region, as well as federal lawmakers, are reacting to the tragic American Airlines plane crash near DCA.

The plane collided with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

WASHINGTON — An American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter before crashing into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Wednesday night. Local leaders took to social media to react and show their support for the people on the aircrafts, their loved ones, and the crews searching for any survivors.

Following a tragic mid-air collision near Reagan National Airport, officials including Mayor Muriel Bowser, President Trump and others offer condolences.

An American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 people collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter late Wednesday near Reagan National Airport in Virginia just across from the District of Columbia,

An American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided Wednesday night near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” said John Donnelly, the fire chief in the nation’s capital.

Watch highlights from the deadly American Airlines and Blackhawk plane crash including news conferences, Trump briefing

No survivors found in crash between Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines jet over Potomac River near DC

A passenger jet carrying 64 people collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

Investigators will hope to learn more about the crash which killed 67 people on the American Airlines jet and Army helicopter.

Sixty-seven people died in a collision between a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black Hawk helicopter.