A 3-D model created by The Times visualizes the helicopter pilots’ field of view minutes before a fatal crash with a jet in ...

This data point is one of several key mysteries investigators are exploring as they seek to explain what caused the nation's ...

A military helicopter was flying above the maximum altitude for its route when it collided with a passenger plane near ...

The Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the fatal midair collision near Reagan National Airport last week had an advanced tracking system turned off at the time of the incident, according to Sen.

Aviation experts are questioning why a Black Hawk helicopter may have been flying above its permitted altitude before its collision with a passenger plane near Reagan National Airport. Publicly ...

The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with ... The plane's altitude suggests the Army helicopter was flying above 200 feet − the maximum altitude for the route it was using.

The recovered pieces were moved to “a secure airport facility for further examination and documentation,” the National Transportation Safety Board said.

Even if the Black Hawk had remained at its required altitude, “it would never be permissible for an airplane to be landing above a helicopter at 200 feet,” Braman said, and there should have ...

Ian Epstein, a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 5342, was honored with a water canon salute on Monday night as the plane carrying his body left Washington, D.C., to return him home to ...

In the days following the deadly midair collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport, Col. Tim Zerbe, the State Army Aviation Officer at ...

Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Feb. 6. For the latest updates, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the plane crash investigation on Friday, Feb. 7.

A key safety system was turned off in a US army helicopter when it crashed into an American Airlines flight last week, killing 67 people. Ted Cruz, the chairman of the Senate commerce committee, told ...