American Airlines flight collides with helicopter near Washington's Reagan Airport, casualties feared

Washington DC's Ronald Reagan Airport has suspended all aircraft take-offs and landings in response to the incident at the airfield

An American Airlines regional jet collided midair with a helicopter while landing at the Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, the Associated Press reported.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the collision occurred around 9 pm ET when the regional jet, that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, smashed into the military Blackhawk helicopter while it was approaching the airport runway