Emergency personnel were responding to the scene with multiple helicopters flying over the Potomac River

An aircraft went down near Ronald Reagan national airport in Virginia on Wednesday night, and all takeoffs and landings have been halted, according to the airport and law enforcement.

Multiple helicopters, including those from the US Park police, the DC Metropolitan police department and US military, were flying over the scene of the incident in the Potomac River. DC Fire and EMS said on X that fireboats were on the scene.