Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort ...

Statistically, for now at least, flying is still much safer than driving. According to the International Air Transport ...

The last deadly major crash involving a commercial airliner in the U.S. was in 2009, when 49 people — 45 passengers, 2 pilots ...

Before Wednesday’s crash near Washington, D.C., there had not been a fatal collision involving a commercial aircraft in the ...

The last major collision of a commercial U.S. airline dates back to 2009, when a Colgan Air incident left 50 dead near ...

With no survivors expected, the Jan. 29 midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army Black Hawk ...

An American Airlines regional jet with around 60 passengers crashed in Washington D.C. Wednesday night following a collision with a military helicopter, according to officials. Here’s what we know so ...

US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, there have been warning signs in recent years of a significant risk of a ...

The worst aviation accident ever in the U.S. was American Airlines Flight 191, which in May 1979 lost an engine during takeoff at Chicago O’Hare International Airport and crashed moments later ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found no evidence of foul play and blamed the crash on errors by the pilot, who failed to retract the plane’s spoilers, or air brakes, at the critical ...

American Eagle Flight 5342 en route from Wichita, Kansas (ICT), to Washington, D.C. (DCA) was involved in an accident at DCA.