What is a black box? The term black box is a bit of a misnomer. Those boxes are actually orange, so they are easier to spot.

In the last few years, commercial and private aircraft have been equipped with transponders that transmit both location and altitude. This information is transmitted to everyone, including on ...

Sixty-seven people are presumed dead after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, ...

Search and recovery efforts continued for the midair crash between an Army helicopter and a commercial airliner near Ronald ...

Over the next year or more, NTSB investigators will piece together how a passenger jet and Black Hawk military aircraft ...

A midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington, D.C., has left no expected survivors, authorities confirmed Thursday morning. The ...

Eyewitness News helicopter pilot John Del Giorno shares his insights on the deadly collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter.

What is a black box, what can it tell us, and have the data recorders been found from Flight 5342 and the Army's Blackhawk?

A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.

NEW YORK, January 30. /TASS/. A dive team has recovered a data recorder from the plane that crashed near Washington, CBS News reported. According to the TV channel, a team of divers found one of the ...

Chesley B. Sullenberger III said though flying was safer than ever, Wednesday’s crash showed the need for constant vigilance and learning from past errors.