A regional jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with a military helicopter on Wednesday night as it approached Washington Reagan National Airport. The flight was en route from Wichita,

Authorities are investigating an apparent crash involving a regional jetliner and a helicopter near a Washington, D.C. area airport, according to U.S. government and industry officials.

An American Airlines regional jetliner coming from Wichita, Kansas, collided midair with a Black Hawk military helicopter near Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said.