A Washington DC plane crash marks the country's first commercial flight fatality in 16 years, and it happened over the most secure airspace in the country.

A search and rescue boat operates along the Potomac River near the site of the crash after American Eagle flight 5342 ...

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after ...

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, Wednesday night, prompting a ...

Search efforts continue after a plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after ...

A passenger aircraft crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, after it collided midair with a helicopter as it approached the runway, according to the ...

The Federal Aviation Administration in a statement said American Airlines Flight 5342, departing from Wichita, Kansas to Washington, collided around 9 p.m. midair while approaching the runway with a ...

Questions remains, including how the horrific incident could have occurred in the heavily monitored air space so close to the ...

The flight appeared to collide with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the ...