The fatal D.C. plane crash has renewed focus on the recent history of crashes and near misses in U.S. airspace.

Understaffing, poor working conditions and outdated technology have for years strained the system that keeps planes from ...

In the three years before the deadly collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan ...

On Jan. 29, a CRJ700 regional plane collided with an Army Black Hawk Helicopter over Washington, D.C. There are not believed ...

But the accident follows a long string of alarming near collisions at airports across the country—a pattern suggesting that the aviation-safety systems upon which human life depends are under ...

Pilots had reported near-misses with helicopters at Reagan National Airport in the years before the deadly crash By Casey Tolan , Majlie de Puy Kamp , Curt Devine , Haley Britzky and Oren ...

U.S. commercial pilot Rick Redfern was preparing to land at Reagan Washington National Airport about a decade ago when he ...

The horror American Airlines crash near Washington DC's Ronald Reagan National Airport follows a pattern of crashes and near-misses at the airport - including a 1982 crash that left 78 people dead.

In the wake of a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter that claimed 67 lives near ...

A recent mid-air collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter was the first major fatal plane crash in the U.S ... factor to a rise in near-misses and close calls at airports.