The National Transportation Safety Board will lead an investigation, hoping to determine what happened and prevent any similar accidents in the future. There is no reason to believe that the dramatic changes to the federal government made by the Trump administration,

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night. Officials said no survivors are expected.

Midair collisions throughout aviation history have brought some of the worst tragedies in the sky. But they've also left important lessons.

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the deadly midair collision between an American passenger jet and a military helicopter, will be the lone authority on the cause and details of the crash.

A midair collision between an Army helicopter and a passenger jet killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said, as they search for answers in the nation's deadliest aviation disaster in nearly 25 years.

Divers return to the Potomac River as part of the recovery after the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century

The NTSB is an independent federal agency responsible for investigating all civil aviation accidents as well as serious incidents in the U.S. involving other modes of transportation, such as railroad disasters and major accidents involving motor vehicles, marine vessels, pipelines and even commercial space operators.

The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent federal agency tasked with examining serious transport-related accidents.

A midair collision between an Army helicopter and a passenger jet killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said, as they search for answers in the nation's deadliest aviation disaster in nearly 25 years.

A family with Georgia ties is grieving after learning their loved one was one of the pilots killed in the crash between a small American Airlines plane and a military helicopter crash near Reagan National Airport.

A deadly collision between a commercial jet and an Army helicopter is bringing renewed focus on the federal agency charged with investigating aviation disasters

A door was apparently not fully closed on a homebuilt airplane that crashed in Southern California earlier this month