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

The crash between an American Airlines jet and Army helicopter has revived concerns about aviation safety and a shortage of ...

Air traffic controllers asked Flight 5342 to switch runways when coming in to land. Black box recordings from the jet and the ...

The skies around Washington are often crowded with commercial flights, military planes, helicopters and other aircraft.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an ex-Army Black Hawk pilot, said communications between airline and military pilots usually go through ...

The American Airlines’ subsidiary has ties that go back decades in Ohio, and just said it was moving its headquarters to ...

CNBC’s Phil LeBeau and Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan join 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the company's quarterly ...

Audio transmissions capture the moment air-traffic controllers warned an Army helicopter that it was on course to collide ...

The U.S. has gone 12 years without a fatal crash of an airline-operated jetliner, according to a database from the Aviation ...

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 ...

Because of the tragic incident, Ronald Reagan National Airport will remain closed until at least 11 a.m. on Thursday.

Wednesday's crash involving an American Airlines flight and Black Hawk helicopter marked the first commercial crash on U.S.