🇺🇸⚡️- DC Metro Police have said none of their helicopters were involved in the crash, contradicting initial reports.

🇺🇸⚡️- FAA confirms that American Airlines Flight 5342 struck a Black Hawk helicopter over Reagan Airport.

🇺🇸⚡️- The commercial aircraft involved in the crash has been reported as American Airlines Flight 5342. It is reported that there were 60 souls on board, and what's left of the plane is partially submerged in the Potomac River.

🇺🇸⚡️- The UH-60 Blackhawk transport helicopter was part of the US Army's Priority Air Transport Battalion (USPAT) used by high-ranking military officials and other important figures. It is not known who was on board, if any, and what their status is.

🇺🇸⚡️- US Army confirms an Army Blackhawk was involved in the collision.

🇺🇸⚡️- Local outlet NBC4 reports that 4 people have been rescued by first responders.

🇺🇸⚡️- Sean Duffy, who was confirmed as Transportation Secretary earlier today, has arrived at FAA HQ to take control of the situation.

🇺🇸⚡️- Kathleen Bangs told Sean Hannity on FOX News that upwards of 60 people are dead.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Flight 5342 could’ve had as much as 100 souls onboard including aircrew and pilots." - MSNBC.

🇺🇸⚡️- The US Army says three soldiers were on board the Blackhawk in the crash.

🇺🇸⚡️- 18 bodies have reportedly been rescued from the Potomac river.

🇺🇸⚡️- Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington D.C., at which Flight 5342 crashed, has suspended operations until Friday at 5AM EST.

🇺🇸⚡️- The suspension of operations has been extended to Friday at 11AM EST.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Sirens in Ghajar, northern Israel.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Sirens now sounding in Metula, northern Israel.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- First red alert sirens in northern Israel in months. Unknown if the alerts are caused by launches from Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- False alarm.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The Governorate of Jenin announced that 20,000 Palestinians were displaced from Jenin in Israel's recent military operation in the city.

🇺🇸⚡️- Scenes from the Potomac River in Washington D.C., where rescue efforts continue.

It appears that the aircraft pictured is what remains of the Sikorsky H-60 Blackhawk helicopter.

🇺🇸⚡️- The Fire Chief of Washington D.C. says search-and-rescue efforts will continue in the Potomac River for "multiple days," but adds that he doesn't anticipate to find any survivors.

🇿🇦🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- "I held two conversations with [South African] President Ramaphosa on the situation in Eastern DR Congo. What has been said about these conversations in the media by South African officials and President Ramaphosa himself contains a lot of distortion, deliberate attacks, and even lies," - Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda.