US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, ...

The tragic collision of an American Airlines passenger jet with a military helicopter over the Potomac River on Wednesday ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an ex-Army Black Hawk pilot, said communications between airline and military pilots usually go through ...

An American Airlines regional flight tragically collided with a U.S. Army helicopter on Wednesday night near Washington, D.C. Airline accidents always shine a light on aviation safety, leaving ...

There have been a number of close calls around the country in recent years that concerned aviation experts and officials.

As many as 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, and the Black Hawk helicopter was ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The crew that was on board an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C. was based in Charlotte, the airline confirmed on Thursday.

The aircraft that collided in Washington, D.C., were a Bombardier CRJ700 jet operated as American Eagle Flight 5342 by PSA Airlines and a U.S. Army Sikorky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.

CBS 8 spoke with a commercial pilot with more than 40 years of experience who said he suspects the pilot of the Blackhawk ...

DALLAS — Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board will likely be studying three main elements as they try to pinpoint the cause of the mid-air collision between American Airlines ...

Last year, senators from Virginia and Maryland sounded the alarm over congestion in the skies above Washington.

A collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C, killed 67 people, including more than a dozen figure ...