The military helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight over Washington, DC, was flying nearly twice as high as it should have been.

While authorities focus on the cause of the US's deadliest aviation disaster since 2001, families are mourning their loved ones. Here's the latest.

News 8 looked into the history of the plane involved in the deadly collision with a U.S. Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. This specific plane, a Bombardier CRJ-700, has had ...

That 1982 crash, in which the plane hit a bridge before plummeting into the Potomac River, unfortunately involved a former Chattanoogan as a deceased victim – Chalmers McIlwaine Jr., 41, the son of ...

A combination of factors may have played a role in the deadly airplane/helicopter crash, including increased air traffic on the world's busiest runway, vacant air traffic controller positions and ...

The airspace around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has long been problematic due to heavy military and commercial ...

A commercial flight hit a military helicopter at Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport Wednesday night. The airport has a history of crashes and near-misses going back decades.

Equipment failure led Flight 232 from Denver to Chicago to crash in Sioux City in 1989, killing more than 100 people.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday on MSNBC there is “certainly a conversation to be had” about traffic at ...

Some experts, politicians and airport managers have been warning of the risks posed by the crowded airspace at Reagan Washington National Airport.

A catastrophic midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport is feared to be the deadliest US air disaster in nearly 24 years, with all 64 on ...