This man watched the devastating Washington DC plane crash from his apartment window

An American Airlines plane carrying 64 passengers has crashed into a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington DC.

Flight 5342 was en route from Wichita, Kansas to Washington, DC when it collided with the military aircraft and 18 people have sadly been confirmed dead.

A huge rescue operation is currently underway in the Potomac River after the plane went down near Reagan National Airport.

The incident occurred at 8:47pm local time on Wednesday (January 29) and eyewitness Abadi Ismail watched the tragic incident unfold from his high-rise apartment.

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“I was getting ready to go to bed, laying down, when I hear the bang bang, a very unusual sound, something you don’t hear on a daily basis,” the 38-year-old told NBC.

“It’s more like on a war zone, something you hear on the action movies. So that caught my attention. I looked out the window and all I could see in that moment was just smoke.”

In another video with CNN, he added: “Somewhere around 8:50pm I hear two bombs. It’s not like any bombs I’ve heard before. Something I’ve never heard before in my life.”

“As you can see, I have a great view of the Reagan Airport and I have a great view of the Air Force base,” the eyewitness continued while pointing out the window of his apartment.

Credit: NBC News

“They were like seconds apart and immediately I looked out the window and there was some smoke at the south side of Regan Airport by the marina, Washington Sailing Marina.”

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Abadi went on social media to try and find out what was going on, but he couldn’t find anything, so he shared a video on X and was one of the first people to do so.

He watched “seven to eight” firefighter boats arrive to recover people from the crash. However, he said it’s a “very challenging mission” because the river is frozen and there are strong currents.

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Featured image by: NBC News and @FollowAbadi/X