Ronald Reagan Washington ‘one of the most demanding airports’ for pilots, who face ‘helicopter alley’
""DCA is one of the most demanding airports in the world. It also has what’s known as ‘helicopter alley’ with hundreds of ...
Day Before Collision, Another Plane Aborted First Landing at Reagan to Avoid Helicopter
On Tuesday, a day before Wednesday’s fatal collision, a Republic Airways jet from Windsor Locks, Conn., was minutes away from ...
A Brief Timeline of the D.C. Plane Crash
American Airlines Flight 5342 was scheduled to land at 9:03 p.m. on Wednesday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Midair collision kills 67 people in the deadliest US air disaster in almost a quarter century
A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas has killed all 67 people aboard the ...
DC plane crash live updates: Black boxes from American Airlines plane at NTSB lab
A regional American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk military helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., Wednesday night in the ...
"A very challenging approach," veteran pilot shares insight on the Reagan crash
A pilot with 48 years of experience, Tom Trotter, president of North Las Vegas flight school Vegas Aviation, shares his ...
Pilots have long worried about DC’s complex airspace contributing to a catastrophe
The airspace around Washington, D.C., is congested and complex — a combination aviation experts have long worried could lead ...
US airlines’ 16-year safety record ended with tragedy. There were warnings ahead of the crash
US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, ...
A shorter commute: Lawmakers, lobbyists argued over adding flights at busy Reagan airport
Lawmakers have an interest in boosting direct flights to their states because Reagan is closer to downtown than Dulles.
Southwest Airlines CEO on American Airlines crash in DC: 'Our hearts go out'
Southwest's CEO Bob Jordan said "our hearts go out" to people on the American Airlines flight involved in Wednesday night’s ...
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Live Updates: midair collision near D.C. leaves no survivors as recovery efforts continue
Authorities have switched to a recovery mission in the Potomac River following a midair collision between an American Eagle ...
Flights from Cincinnati to D.C. canceled after passenger plane, Army helicopter collision
Two flights from Cincinnati into our nation's capital have been canceled Thursday morning after a passenger plane collided with an Army helicopter late Wednesday night.