The Federal Aviation Administration is reducing flights into Reagan National Airport from 28 to 26 arrivals an hour, according to two individuals with knowledge of the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

More than 60 people are presumed dead after an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter crashed midair near Washington, D.C, Wednesday evening, officials have said.Flight 5342 from Kansas was on the final approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport when it collided with the Black Hawk helicopter before exploding a huge fireball.