A day after the United States witnessed its deadliest aviation disaster in over two decades, a preliminary report from the ...

Two “black boxes” have been recovered from the American Airlines regional jet following its deadly collision with an Army ...

NPR's reporting will continue to focus on what happened and learning what we can about the victims and telling their stories.

The collision between a passenger flight and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29 marks the first fatal disaster involving a U.S. commercial airliner in 16 years.

Supervisor had authorized a single air traffic controller to monitor planes and helicopters at the same time, contrary to ...

The mid-air collision between the American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter near Washington DC claimed the lives of 67 people, including talented young figure skaters ...

Seven local friends from Maryland tragically lost their lives in the D.C. plane crash as they were heading back from a ...