Patrick Hempen, the now-retired FAA director of aviation accident investigations, said several failures have to happen for a collision like this to happen.

President Trump on Thursday announced he would appoint an acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator in the wake of the midair crash between a passenger plane and Army helicopter

An airplane collided with a helicopter while trying to land at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said.

A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.

On Wednesday evening, January 29, a plane crash occurred near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - a passenger plane collided with a military Black Hawk

Officials believe there are no survivors after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River below,

Multiple 911 callers reported the crash near the river just before 8:55 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department and the District of Columbia Fire and EMS.

A judge in Washington, D.C., sided with plaintiffs who claimed the White House’s freezing of billions of dollars in congressionally-approved funding violated the law.

An aviation expert is calling for taking "a bulldozer to the front of the FAA" after the fatal and tragic collision between an American Airlines flight and Army helicopter over D.C.

A plane collided in midair with a helicopter approaching Reagan Washington National Airport, near the Potomac River, Wednesday night, officials set. A rescue operation was underway, officials said. Multiple 911 callers reported the crash near the river just before 8:55 p.

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