Aviation experts have warned for years about near collisions at airports around the US, citing air traffic control shortages and airspace congestion.
Grainy video footage taken in the dark of night, seemingly by an airport CCTV camera, appears to capture the moment American Airlines Flight 5342 was in collision with a U.S.
The PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ-700 collided in midair as it approached the D.C. airport around 9 p.m. local time, according to the Federal
Several witnesses are speaking out after seeing smoke and sparks in the air as an American Airlines plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on its approach to the airport
Political leaders had warned about the dangers of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. months before an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on its approach to the airport.
Without providing any evidence, Trump harshly attacked Democrats for supposedly lowering standards for air traffic controllers, which he suggested could have led to the crash.
"Just the horror that the parents are going through. It just that blows me away. It makes me so sad for the families," said Joanne Kispert, 74, whose father died in the 2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New York in 2001.
Robert Isom said said airline is focused on passengers, crew members, first responders, families and loved ones.
Hundreds of rescuers were searching the frigid waters of the Potomac River for any survivors of the plane crash.
A mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter occurred in Washington, D.C. Learn more about the crash and whether there are any survivors below.