The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent federal agency tasked with examining serious transport-related ...

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Hommendy described the investigation into the crash Wednesday night ...

A commercial plane with 60 passengers and four crew members on board collided with a military helicopter with a crew of three ...

For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane crash investigation on ...

Recovery efforts are ongoing on the Potomac River and the loved ones of those killed in the crash have begun sharing tributes ...

Divers return to the Potomac River as part of the recovery after the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a ...

More victims have been named following the mid-air collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military ...

An American Airlines passenger jet collided with an Army helicopter at Washington National Airport, killing 67. President ...

U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet crashed into a U.S. Army helicopter at a Washington ...

The Army Black Hawk is said to have been flying higher than it should have been when it collided with a passenger jet, killing 67 people. And the air traffic controller on duty was doing a job usually ...

Authorities continue to identity victims of the Washington DC tragedy. In total, 67 people have died, all the 64 passengers and crew on the American Airlines plane, which had been trying to land ...