Air crash investigations can take months, and federal investigators told reporters they would not speculate on the cause.
Aviation experts have warned about the risk of a passenger aircraft collision for years.They cite air traffic controller shortages and airspace congestion as safety risks.Wednesday's crash is the first complete-loss US airline accident since 2009.
U.S. Figure Skating said a number of its skaters, their coaches and family members were on board the flight returning home from a training camp in Wichita, Kan. + The Skating Club of Boston has confir
There were 64 passengers aboard the plane, and three Army soldiers in the helicopter, according to officials. Here's a look at what we know about the victims.
The pilot and first officer on the American Airlines plane that crashed into a military helicopter Wednesday night—killing all 64 people on board—have been identified by a colleague and family member as victims alongside American and Russian figure skaters,
Both the captain, Jonathan J. Campos, 34, and the co-pilot, Sam Lilley, 28, had been flying for years, according to family and friends.
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom shared a letter to all employees sharing updates and resources following the deadly mid-air collision.
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.
Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.
The National Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered a cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport late Wednesday.
Since its creation in 1967, the agency reports it has investigated more than 153,000 aviation accidents and incidents.