WASHINGTON — Major air safety failures and last-minute mistakes caused Thursday night’s midair collision over the Potomac River that left 67 people dead, according to expert observers and officials.

The catastrophe immediately raised questions about the close proximity in which helicopters and jetliners soar over the busy ...

The search and rescue mission was transitioning to a recovery mission, and no survivors were expected, DC Fire and EMS Chief ...

The crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly collision with a jetliner had thousands of hours of flight ...

Staffing levels at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport were 'not normal for the time of day and ...

Authorities have switched to a recovery mission in the Potomac River following a midair collision between an American Eagle ...

Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery ...

Chilling audio from Reagan National Airport captures the horrifying moments before and after a commercial jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter tragically collided over the Potomac River in ...

The Army helicopter and regional American Eagle jet that collided over Washington are both workhorse aircraft that operate ...

The president also suggested, without evidence, that diversity hiring policies in air traffic control could have been a factor ...

While that office may be ready to go to work, the FAA itself is not fully on the job. That’s because it’s without an ...

The helicopter was a UH-60 Black Hawk based at Fort Belvoir in Virginia flying south over the Potomac River as the American ...