Embassy investigates whether Russians were injured in plane crash near Washington, D.C.

The Russian Embassy in the United States is finding out whether Russian citizens were injured when an airplane collided with a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) near Washington, DC.

"The embassy is finding out," TASS quoted a statement from the diplomatic mission as saying.

The crash of a small airplane into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) became known earlier in the day. The airport administration said that all takeoffs and landings were suspended. The D.C. Police Department said a multi-agent search and rescue operation is currently underway in the Potomac River.

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