The crash near Reagan National Airport has renewed questions about the airport's flight load, considering its small size, among other issues.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, with no survivors expected.

Staffing levels at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport were 'not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,' according to a preliminary report

Fatal crashes of commercial aircraft in the U.S. have become a rarity. The last was in 2009 near Buffalo, New York.

Officials say an aircraft went down near Ronald Reagan National Airport, and all takeoffs and landings have been halted.

Midair collision of passenger jet and military helicopter outside the nation's capital was the first mass fatality commercial air disaster in the US since 2009

An American Airlines jet carrying 64 people collided Wednesday with a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, with no survivors expected.

An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

Multiple fatalities have been reported after a horrific incident involving American Airlines flight 5342 and a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter over

The latest on an American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz was at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when American Airlines Flight 5342 crashed Wednesday night. He reflected on how the tragic evening unfolded.