The archbishops of Washington and Baltimore offered prayers on Thursday after a deadly plane crash near downtown Washington, D.C.

A plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members crashed into the Potomac River in the US shortly after 9pm local time at the Ronald Reagan National Airport

Some passengers felt a little uneasy at BWI Thurgood Marshall on Thursday as they grappled with the news from officials that there were no survivors in the Flight 5342 crash in the Potomac.

Passengers aboard a flight from New Orleans to Washington, D.C., witnessed a mid-air collision involving a Blackhawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet near Reagan National Airport.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported an increase in the amount of guns detected at security checkpoints in/Washington area airports in 2024, officials said.

More than 60 passengers were on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington DC after colliding with a Black Hawk

Flight data showed the plane coming from New Orleans looping around Reagan before heading to Baltimore moments after the collision. To jet was rerouted to Baltimore before 8:10 p.m. and landed at about 8:15 p.m., according to FlightAware .

Baltimore took the lead in the number of guns found, with 47 handguns caught at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), 41 at Roland Reagan Washington National Airport; and 29 at Washington Dulles International Airport. Each airport set a record for most firearms detected in a single year.

Prosecutors say Brandon Russell was the leader of a neo-Nazi group who orchestrated a plot to knock out power to the city of Baltimore to sow social chaos.

The NFC championship game Sunday between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders is the third matchup of the season between the division rivals.

Magic Johnson, Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Scott Hamilton and others from the sports world reacted on social media to the tragic D.C. airplane crash Thursday.

Duffy also said he would cut DEI programs at the agency and create federal rules for self-driving cars instead of leaving that to a patchwork of state regulations, a key priority of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is running Trump’s government efficiency effort.