A small aircraft crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, prompting an emergency response from multiple agencies, the DC Fire and EMS and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said in a statement.
DC Fire and EMS confirmed the incident in a statement on social media, saying fireboats were deployed to the scene.
Take-offs and landings at Reagan National Airport, which is located just a few miles from the White House, were temporarily halted as emergency personnel responded.

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