Northern Virginia’s figure skating community is reeling after receiving the news that a coach and multiple young skaters from the area were killed when an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport Wednesday evening.

A tragic plane crash has claimed the lives of many, including residents from Loudoun County and nearby Fairfax County in Northern Virginia.

Northern VA agencies have been providing fireboats, helicopters and other mutual aid in response to the helicopter crash with a plane.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, Wednesday night, prompting a multi-agency search-and-rescue operation, according to officials.

Leaders across the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region, as well as federal lawmakers, are reacting to the tragic American Airlines plane crash near DCA.

A Cold Weather Advisory remains in effect until 11 a.m. Wednesday for Washington, D.C., and portions of Maryland, and northern Virginia.

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A judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal loans and grants until Monday, but the sense of confusion hit hard in this government-dependent region.

Investigators say there are likely no survivors in the deadly aircraft collision that occurred Wednesday evening above the icy waters of the Potomac river.

At least a dozen figure skaters, coaches and their family members were on the plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., including two teenage competitors and a Russian husband-and-wife coaching duo.

Neither American Airlines nor U.S. aviation authorities have released an official list of the passengers and crew aboard the commercial flight, but a number of them have been identified in media reports.