The FAA has struggled for decades to keep its towers adequately staffed. Locally, our airports are understaffed, with air traffic controllers who could be fatigued and stressed.

Less than 10% of the nation's airport terminal towers have enough air traffic controllers to meet a set of standards set by a ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has indefinitely closed helicopter routes near Reagan National Airport following ...

On Wednesday night, local time, American Airlines flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter above the icy Potomac River. The passenger just, operated by PSA Airlines and branded under ...

NPR's reporting will continue to focus on what happened and learning what we can about the victims and telling their stories.

Investigators confirmed they have recovered a cockpit voice recorder and a flight-data recorder from American Eagle Flight ...

The U.S. Coastguard has shared heartbreaking images of the American Airlines plane in pieces in the Potomac River following a ...

Officials say no survivors after a passenger jet crashed with an Army helicopter on approach to a Washington, D.C., airport. Here's what we know.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A midair collision between an Army helicopter and a jetliner killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the ...