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Prior to this week's fatal airplane crash in Washington, the US air traffic control (ATC) system was regarded as an ...

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 ...

A collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people brought renewed focus on the federal agency ...

The training plan was for a continuity of government mission in which U.S. leaders need an emergency evacuation to safety in the event of a major attack.

Radio traffic shows the air traffic controller did confirm with the helicopter that it had the airplane in sight two different times.

Fil-Am figure skater Jon Maravilla mourns his teammates who were among those killed in the American Airlines crash in ...

Investigators have announced that the black box from the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a commercial jetliner has been recovered.

The 34-year-old perished along with 64 aboard his plane, including three other crewmembers, and three soldiers on a Blackhawk ...

Sarah Lee Best, a Clarksville, Tennessee native, was among the 64 aboard American Airlines Flight 5342 when it collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter.

Army helicopter. There were 64 people on American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas to DCA — including 60 passengers and four crew members. The Blackhawk Army helicopter had three soldiers on ...