For now, a federal law known as the Federal Torts Claim Act, is holding up the cases until a six month investigative timeframe expires.

A devastating plane crash that took the lives of more than 60 people this week has drawn Wichita — known globally as the "air capital of the world" — and its aviation roots into the national ...

which would make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly 24 years. “We have been told that there are no survivors,” Wichita Mayor Lily Wu said. “We mourn with all those who have been ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW/AP) — The crash between a plane from Wichita and an Army Black Hawk helicopter in January has sparked two urgent recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration.

A passenger jet going from Wichita to Washington ... American Airlines Flight 5342 was involved in a mid-air collision with a military helicopter near the Reagan Washington National Airport ...

The plane was traveling from Wichita, Kan. It carried 60 passengers ... The president also suggested that warnings of the imminent crash came too late from the air traffic controller and that ...

Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation into how the crash ... from Wichita approaching one of DCA's three runways — was 325 feet in the air, give ...

Air traffic control warned a military ... that at least one other aircraft pilot witnessed the crash, which occurred as the ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the deadliest aviation disaster in Kansas history. The tragedy took place in Wichita.

The plane, a Bombardier CRJ700, had taken off from Wichita, Kansas ... than it should have been at the time of the crash, officials said. One air traffic control worker was managing the ...