Chief EditorA small aircraft crashed in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport late Wednesday, and fire boats were on the scene, the Washington fire department said.
The District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department said on its social media accounts that it was responding to an apparent airplane crash in the Potomac River.
Police said on social media that “a multi-agency search and rescue operation is under way.”
MPD is responding to an apparent air crash in the Potomac River. Multiple agencies are responding. Details to come.
— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) January 30, 2025
US Senator Jerry Moran, a Republican from Kansas, posted online that he had learned a plane inbound from Kansas was involved in a crash at the airport.