Rescuers search Potomac river after flight from Kansas with 64 onboard collides with Black Hawk helicopter while coming in to land

• Washington DC plane crash – latest updates

An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members has crashed after a midair collision with a US army Black Hawk helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan national airport near Washington DC, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the Potomac river.

The Washington Post said multiple bodies had been pulled from the water. NBC reported that four people had been pulled alive from the Potomac.