This is the dramatic moment a metro train turned around when an announcement informed passengers that airport services were suspended following a crash between a helicopter and a plane. All flights were halted and search teams began scouring the Potomac River after the collision with the plane that was landing at the Reagan National Airport near Washington on Wednesday night.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) began supporting rescue efforts after a military helicopter and American Airlines flight collided above the Potomac River Wednesday night. The airplane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members from Kansas was approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.