DCA is one of the most demanding airports in the world. It also has what’s known as ‘helicopter alley’ with hundreds of police, military, news and rescue helicopters criss-crossing
U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet crashed into a U.S. Army helicopter at a Washington airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years.
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
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hit back after President Trump criticized the Biden administration and diversity initiatives in the aftermath of a deadly midair collision outside Washington,
Trump left more questions than answers in his expletive attacks on Democrats and diversity practices during Thursday's press conference.
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
President Donald Trump suggested without evidence on Thursday that the deadly midair collision of two aircraft in Washington was the result of the Federal Aviation Administration's efforts to hire a more diverse workforce.
A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas has killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.
The National Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered two so-called “black boxes” from the American Airlines regional jet, following the deadly collision with an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday evening.
The press conference ended at 1:20 a.m. on the East Coast, and Duffy was back at it at 7 a.m. Thursday morning to speak again about the worst commercial airline disaster in 16 years. He spoke at a third press conference at 11 a.m., this time following combative remarks from President Donald Trump.